by sstinson | Mar 17, 2020 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting
Documenting childhood memories By Shay Stinson How many of us have that classic, ceramic plate with our hand print on it that we made for one of our parents in preschool? It was probably an item they kept for...
by sstinson | Jan 28, 2020 | Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting, Social Work
By Shay Stinson Photo by Jordan Whitt on Unsplash.Grief is a life experience that just about everyone will grapple with at some point. We all experience grief differently. There are five identified stages of grief that a person experiences during a time of...
by sstinson | Jan 6, 2020 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting
Sometimes creating connections and maintaining bonds with people in your biological family can be difficult, but it can be especially difficult for children in foster care. In addition to the traumas that led them to be in the child welfare system, after entering...
by intisar | Dec 23, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Forgiveness is hard work! But it’s necessary for healing and happiness. I’m currently working on forgiving four people that I care about. So, this advice is for everyone, including me. Whether you’re a foster or adoptive parent, case manager or...
by intisar | Dec 16, 2019 | Aging Forward, Foster Care, Parenting
By Intisar Seraaj As I’ve been interviewing foster parents this year, I’ve heard from some parents that sometimes their foster children don’t ever say “thank you” until after they’ve grown up and aged forward from foster care. It may not be that they are ungrateful...
