Safety in your home refers to every sphere of life: physical safety, emotional safety, psychological safety, etc. Physical safety should be pretty common sense but I will lay out the basic GA policies (that I imagine are similar in other states as well): Firearms and ammunition must be locked separately. If using a key lock,…
Month: June 2020
How Do I Know I Am Ready to be a Foster Parent: No Past or Present Events Cause You Severe Mental Distress
There is no doubt about it. Caring for traumatized children is no small task. Between dealing with the child’s behaviors, case workers, birth parents, and life’s other normal difficulties, one can easily get overwhelmed. Being a foster parent alone is inviting messy and exhausting circumstances into your life. Forget what you have going on personally….
Foster Parents: Here are Some Strategies to Make Your Case Manager More Effective
If you’re a foster parent at one time or another I know you have been frustrated with a case manager. Speaking as a case manager, I get it. I get frustrated with myself, and with other case managers! The child welfare system in our country is often under funded and over worked, creating a huge…
How Do I Know I Am Ready to be a Foster/Adoptive Parent: Recruiting a Support System
I hope you don’t have to recruit a support system. I hope you already have one ready and willing to support you. But I also know it isn’t that easy. For most families, even when they believe their family and friends will be supportive, it’s a different story when children are actually placed in your…
How Do I Know I Am Ready To Be a Foster Parent: You’re Never “Ready”
There is never a “perfect time” to be obedient. Being “ready” is kind of a myth when we are speaking in the emotional sense. In the next few posts I am going to give some practical tips to people to help them determine whether their situation in life will allow them to get approved to…
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