I am ashamed to admit that I once wondered if fostering children was worth the risk to my heart.
Adoption
This is how to get started as a foster family in Kentucky and show love to vulnerable children.
Although there are reasons for a closed adoption, an open adoption, or at least semi-open, is the healthiest for all involved.
Understanding the legal system can be a challenge. In this article, an attorney clarifies the legal process of foster care – from the time a child enters foster care to the closure of a case.
I never really thought about foster parenting or adoption. I simply figured that I would one day marry and that my wife and I would together create a “traditional” family. My plan wasn’t actually a plan; it was an assumption.
Is God prompting you to foster? To adopt? To support foster and adoptive families? Maybe you’ve prayed about it, but you still feel unequipped and fearful. Well, you’re not alone.
Everyone wants to belong and be part of a family. For teens in foster care, guidance and love can change everything.
The importance of foster care and adoption is clear. As Christians, we are instructed to love and care for others. So, how will you make a difference?
Learning about the foster care system can seem like a daunting task. Where should you start? The best place to begin is with the journey of a child in foster care.
When I was growing up, Father’s Day was not a celebration to me. But the meaning of Father’s Day changed completely for me when I met Antwann. He welcomed me into the family. To my dad, Happy Father’s Day.
What if we could further journey with families, once adoption has been finalized, by offering Medical Care grants to help offset healthcare expenses?
I’m one of those people who typically shies away from hard things. Give up sugar for 30 days? No thanks, I’d rather not. Run a marathon? But why!?! Pursue my master’s degree? Nah! Become a foster mom? Me, really, Lord? God Asked Us to Foster As hard as it was even to start the process, …
There is a world of hurting children who need to experience the love and compassion of caring foster parents.
“A child born to another woman calls me Mom. The magnitude of that tragedy and the depth of that privilege is not lost on me.” -Jody Landers
Open adoption involves, “contact between biological and adoptive parents and sometimes between biological parents and the adopted child.”
Mother’s Day, perhaps more than any other holiday, brings forth a host of emotions for each of us. Women hold the power to create and take life, and the bond between a mother and child is one of the most powerful forces that God created. The Lord designed a woman to be a vessel for …
In my heart, I believed that we would be a family free from the clutches of poverty, abuse, and mental illness. Those problems couldn’t coexist with me in the house I was building.
The lifelong impact of ACEs is clearly significant, and I think it is something we should be talking about more.
The impact of trauma on children is significant. The first three years of a child’s life create their blueprint for life. Children are vulnerable and unable to meet their own needs during their early years. When a child’s needs are met by a caring, consistent, and calm adult, the child attaches and thrives. In contrast, …
No one else had told us about the long-term effects of trauma on children’s brains, behavior, and belief systems.
