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Loving From the Front Seat: 4 Reminders for Your Child’s Big Emotions

Unable to verbalize all they felt at that moment, they cried. They knew leaving the agency car meant they weren’t going back to be with Mom today. A 40-minute drive back to our home—not their…

Holly GnuseApril 20, 2023

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Why Foster Care Isn’t as Spooky as it May Seem

There are a lot of scary feelings surrounding jumping into foster care. But while we can't always control our circumstances or remove the unknown from the future, that doesn't mean we can't shift our perspective.

Mitch NelsonOctober 31, 2022

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10 Movies With Foster Care Themes [Updated 2022]

Sometimes movies just hit different when you’re connected to the foster care community, don’t they? Whether the movie is actually about foster care or not, sometimes the themes pull at your heart in a unique…

Quinn BrewerSeptember 5, 2022

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Let’s Stop Talking and Do Something

Our words are powerful indicators of our hearts. And they hold power to impact others beyond what we might realize. They can bring encouragement or devastation, depending on how you use them.

Jami KaebJuly 25, 2022

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Have You Said This to a Foster Parent?

We get it. Sometimes, you don't know what to say to a foster parent. But are there things you should and shouldn't say? We think so.

Holly GnuseJuly 11, 2022

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Books You Need to Read About Foster Care in 2022

You're a reader, but how are you supposed to figure out which books can give you the encouragement, insight, and help that you need on your foster care journey? At TFI, we get all kinds…

The Forgotten InitiativeMarch 14, 2022

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Story Time: Books For Children In Foster Care [Updated 2022]

We love reading in our house—from growing imagination and concentration to building vocabulary and emotional empathy; books introduce our littles and bigs to so much! Particularly as a fostering family, books have helped us walk…

Jami KaebMarch 14, 2022

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 132: Finding Hope After Experiencing Trauma

Trent Taylor’s earliest memories are filled with abuse and extreme neglect. These circumstances led to entering foster care at the age of four where he would remain until he was nine years old.

Jami KaebNovember 1, 2021

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Foster Care Has Changed How We Parent

You can’t enter the world of foster care and not be changed by it. It affects so many areas of everyday life, including how you parent. Being foster parents, we quickly realized we would need…

Cherith CraftNovember 19, 2020

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 107: Saying Goodbye: Navigating Reunification as a Foster Parent

Saying goodbye to the child you've been caring for is one of the most heart-wrenching times as a foster parent. Every foster parent knows to prepare for this time, but that doesn't make the reality…

Jami KaebNovember 16, 2020

children

Loving From the Front Seat: 4 Reminders for Your Child’s Big Emotions

Why Foster Care Isn’t as Spooky as it May Seem

10 Movies With Foster Care Themes [Updated 2022]

Let’s Stop Talking and Do Something

Have You Said This to a Foster Parent?

Books You Need to Read About Foster Care in 2022

Story Time: Books For Children In Foster Care [Updated 2022]

Episode 132: Finding Hope After Experiencing Trauma

Foster Care Has Changed How We Parent

Episode 107: Saying Goodbye: Navigating Reunification as a Foster Parent

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