#foster adopt

Foster parents needed in Wisconsin: "It's not as scary as people think," Cohorst said. "It's a child in need of structure and direction, and it's different with each kid.... You have people to hold your hand all the way through and make sure you're doing OK."

This amazing family adopted 6 special needs children from foster care - 3 of these children are medically-fragile! #fostercare #adoption

We are The Burdick Family. We have fostered 12 years and have adopted six children who would otherwise have gone into foster care or could not reunify, making us a family of twelve. Our kids ages are 27, 25, 23, 21, 15, 14, 12, 5, 3, and 3.

Our fostering journey began 15 years ago. After starting foster care classes and learning just how hard it can be — “we could never fit as foster parents!” We…

Reactive Attachment Disorder – RAD – in foster care can happen when children fail to attach to their primary caregiver early in life. Janie was 42 and Joe was 50 when two biological half-sisters, ages 3 and 5, made them foster parents in middle Tennessee. This is the foster to adopt story of their family.

The birth mom had a number of issues and already had two other children that had been…

For #NationalAdoptionMonth, True Foster to Adopt Stories. Today Adopting Siblings!

Many children in foster care that are waiting for adoption are sibling sets.  By adopting siblings from foster care, Jeremy and his wife, Sarah, ensured that three brothers would not be separated from each other.

My wife, Sarah, and I have talked about adoption for the 26 years we have been together — her brother was adopted from South Korea. As a military family with constant moving between…

Can I Really Help My Adopted Child? Or Are Genes More Important Than Environment? #fostercare #adoption

We have all heard that “know it all” parent say under their breath, “If that were my child they wouldn’t act like that.” You may hear it at the park, at school functions, and even at church.

Every day, parents of children with behavior problems, may ask themselves, “Am I the right parent for this child? If my child were being raised in a different home, would their behavior be different?” As an…

Instant Family is a movie specifically about foster parenting – I absolutely LOVED it!

WARNING: Instant Family is NOT a family movie!

When I mention in conversations that I’m a foster parent, what usually follows is a barrage of inquisitive questions.   How do you become a foster parent?  Why are the kids in foster care? What happened to their “real” parents?  For the most part, a majority of…

My mom: you know having a foster child is going to change everything for you, right?

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