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Parenting Resources Backed by Research to Find the Best Solution for Your Family adoption foster parent coaching parenting support Aug 30, 2023

You’ll never forget that day.

After countless hours of labor, nights spent feeding your new baby and being pestered by nurses, the hospital is finall...

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67. Foster Care Online Support adoption foster foster care support support group support system May 24, 2020

Hello, all, Mama S here,

I was chatting with some foster parents last week and they said that they are struggling with Covid 19 as it relates to thei...

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66. Let’s talk about sex baby… adoption foster foster care kids sexual education talking to kids about sex Apr 29, 2020

This has been a whirlwind 2 weeks in the Salisott home and I’m not even sure how we got here. To rewind… I started a part time job at Starbucks (Hello...

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65. Parenting in the times of “safer at home” adoption foster foster care kids trauma Apr 17, 2020

Hello, everyone. I have been putting off writing a post because I wanted to see what happened in the world. I was like everyone else, sitting on the e...

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64. When the World Stops Seeing the Trauma adoption foster foster care kids trauma Feb 28, 2020

Hey there… it’s been a bit of a delay in writing due to a wild ride on our part. One kiddo has been struggling greatly and has been transitioned into ...

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63. On the “other side” adoption foster foster care kids trauma Feb 06, 2020

We have always extended grace to the parents of our kiddos. We knew it was hard to have all your interactions supervised, we just didn’t know how hard...

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62. Where we went adoption foster foster care kids trauma Dec 04, 2019

Good evening, family, friends, and readers. We disappeared. We folded into ourselves and our home due to stress and trauma taking over. I ended up hav...

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61. Finding your kid’s jam adoption foster foster care kids Jul 10, 2019

Hello, Mama S here. Have you ever felt in your “zone”. The sky is brighter, the outlook is better, and you feel at one with the universe? Feels great,...

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42. Why we avoid maybe adoption foster foster care kids Jun 27, 2019

Mama S here. To continue on from my previous post about boundaries we are going to jump in on our war against the word maybe. If Mama A and I say that...

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60. The different “levels” of foster care- foster parents adoption foster foster care kids Apr 17, 2019

Hello, All! Mama S here. Thank you for coming along on our journey. Today I’m going to break down Mama A’s and my “level” as it relates to fostering. ...

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59. A slight window in how multiple moves have shaped our kiddos adoption foster foster care kids Apr 05, 2019

Mama S here! Have you ever packed up all your belongings and moved to a different home? Did you do it alone and sever all ties to people/things/places...

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58. An open letter to our daughter’s social workers adoption foster foster care kids Mar 16, 2019

Good morning,

You may not know this, but we have gotten out of bed some days simply because of your support. We have gotten ready for the day with co...

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