The harsh push factors that bring a child or young adult into the foster care system can also turn them into troublesome individuals. This may not always be the case but it can happen. Here are some of the ways in which you could handle the situation. Growing up in a dysfunctional home can turn …
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Having a child in your care is an exciting experience. You get to watch these wonderful beings finding themselves after going through so much. You get the opportunity to be that helping hand that walks them through the healing process and prepares them for a brighter future. As the child/young adult is finding their identity, …
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A foster carer, regardless of their sexual orientation, must be able to create a conducive environment for a foster child/young adult to be happy, healthy and stable. LGBT-affirming families can be instrumental in the personal development of a young person that identifies as LGBT by providing a home that encourages the young person to be …
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Listen to this page in audio format: Here are some of the ways in which foster care changes lives. For the foster child Unlike adoption, foster care is not permanent, and the duration varies specific to each case. When a child is brought into foster care, there are often negative push factors that culminated into …
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Listen to this page in audio format: Going through the foster care can be a trying time for children, which is understandable considering the sensitive circumstances that they’ll be in. During this time, the child is going through a wide range of emotions and uncertainty. This leads to stress which can negatively affect the child …
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It’s supposedly ‘the most wonderful time of the year’, but for foster children, the Christmas period can sometimes feel like the exact opposite. Rather than happiness and warmth, Christmas time can make foster children feel confusion, loneliness, anger and even guilt – all of which can manifest in unfavourable behaviours, especially when the child cannot …
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We work with young people who are in care and facing difficulties in their life, providing short and long-term accommodation as well as practical help and advice. Family Works Fostering addresses the home life issues which often lie behind individual difficulties. We take time with every child to tackle the problems they face while encouraging positive …
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There are many benefits to reading out loud to your kids, listening to a story also imparts unique advantages. Helps children grasp big picture aspects of narrative. Especially early on, it takes a lot of mental power just to form the words and sentences, let alone comprehending them and being able to follow plot lines …
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My husband and I became Foster Carers in 2017. After the initial three months process, which wasn’t any easy thing to go through, we were approved as foster carers. Within one month of being approved, we had our first child placed with us and then four months later we had two siblings placed with us. …
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There are now more children than ever coming into care. Around 30,000 more children come into care over the course of 12 months. Around two-fifths of the children in care are aged 11 to 15, and finding people with the right skills to look after teenagers is now the top priority for fostering services. What …
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