How to Make Your Foster Child Feel at Home
Welcoming your foster child into your home isn’t going to be as easy as simply opening your door. You need to treat him
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Foster Parenting Tips
Finding Help in the 21st Century: Foster Parent Networks
Foster parents have to cope with a lot of unique situations, whether they’re dealing with medically fragile children or navigating the complexities of
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How to Fight Hopelessness in Your Foster Child
“Why bother? Nothing will work out anyway. No one cares and it doesn’t make a difference.” These are sentiments shared by those plagued
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Encouraging Foster Children: Conquering the Fear of Failure
When you look back to your childhood, you can probably pick out very specific things that scared you, such as clowns or being
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The Gateway to Graduation: Stabilizing Foster Children’s Education
When you first decided to become a foster parent, you might not have considered that the child coming into your home could be
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Safety at Home: Keeping Your Foster Child Safe
As any parent will tell you, keeping your child safe is a full-time job. All it takes is a turned back and a
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Positive Discipline: How to Discipline Your Foster Child
The spectre of spanking looms over every parent. Traditionally a method of discipline aimed at correcting a child’s behavior, spanking has become a
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What Books To Read With Your Foster Kid
There’s a good chance that reading was a big part of your childhood. Whether it was a bedtime story told by your mother
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A Foster Parent’s Guide to Teen Social Media Privacy 2016
The Social Media Shift In this Internet era, long-winded phone calls and face-to-face visits have taken a back seat to the new king
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Top 5 FAFS Services You Aren’t Taking Advantage Of (But Totally Should!)
embrella provides a lot of different services and opportunities, whether it’s the NJFC Scholars Program helping kids get into college or our helpful
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