You’ve taken the classes, completed all the paperwork, got your license; now what? WAIT! While some new foster parents get calls immediately, others end up playing the waiting game. The reasons for this discrepancy can vary. If you have a specific age range or gender you’re willing to accept, it may take longer to receive …
Foster Care
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**This post contains Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Well, you may have noticed that I haven’t been as active on the blog over the last couple of months. That’s because we’re back to fostering! (SURPRISE!) And as a matter of fact, it was a surprise to us too! …
Unfortunately, we personally are at the end of our foster care journey, for several reasons which I may share at some point. I wanted to share some of the interesting, fun, and funny things foster parents deal with. Because you know you’re a foster parent when some of these scenarios apply to you! So, without …
As you can imagine, doing foster care is definitely not easy. And many wonder how does foster care work? After talking with many foster parents over the past couple years, I’ve put together a compilation of “things you wish you knew before fostering”. Because the counties and agencies rarely give you the down low on …
My husband and I have been licensed foster parents for about 1 1/2 years now. To say it’s been a roller coaster is an understatement. You can read about our Intense Weekend & 7 Ways You Can Help Foster Families from last year. I also shared about our Emotional Roller Coaster Weekend with three girls …
Curious about foster care? You’re not alone. If you’ve been following any of my foster care posts, you’ll have already learned a little background as to why we choose to be foster parents. I’ve also shared answers to frequently asked questions that foster parents here. There’s even some great ways you can help without being …
My husband and I started talking about foster care and adoption before we even married. Always on our radar, we finally felt that tug telling us it was time last Fall. Our first placement, a sibling group of three, was only 2 weeks. Then we had a baby for three joyous months. He was originally …