(This experience was shared with the permission of our son's biological mother)About two weeks after our Bonus Kiddo went home I got a text from the caseworker. I had forgotten to take Bonus Kiddo's Home to Home binder with him. I actually hadn't forgotten, I was just too green to know it was supposed to … Continue reading Coming Home
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Having to Say "No"
A few days after our first Bonus Kiddo went home we headed down to San Diego for a few days. It was a good distraction and a time to refocus and recenter. During our team meeting we had received permission from Bonus Kiddo's parents to bring him with us to San Diego if he were … Continue reading Having to Say "No"
Talking to Kids About Foster Care
"People have many times expressed concern about what effect our family doing foster care will have on Aurelia, especially what she'll learn from the kids who come into our home.Today, when our foster son started crying Aurelia came over, put her arm around him and said softly, "you're okay, you're safe, you're not alone, we … Continue reading Talking to Kids About Foster Care
Going Home
"Today we took our first foster son to his mom. It was really an incredible experience. One of the reasons we got into foster care was to help put families back together and today we were able to see that happen. His mom wrote us a letter full of gratitude and love and wants us … Continue reading Going Home
Our First Team Meeting
Every month we have what's called a Child and Family Team Meeting. Basically all the key players in a child's case get together to talk about progress and updates since the last meeting and goals moving forward. Usually this means the caseworker, the child(ren)'s parents, the foster parents, the foster parents' RFC (sort of like … Continue reading Our First Team Meeting
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