What do foster parents need to know about PACEs?
ACEs: What do I need to know as a foster parent? Obviously, I'm glad you asked me. Let's recap what the ACEs study is and the results...
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Kristen Adkins
Know a Foster Child? Learn More. Impress Value!
Deuteronomy 6:7 "Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."
Hi, I'm Kristen!
So good to have you here.
I married my high school sweetheart, and we did foster care for ten years. My husband and I adopted five children before we felt we were finished with fostering. We live in the Appalachian Mountains with six girls ranging from adults down to seven years old...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 1 min
PACEs in Foster Care
If you could take an adverse experience and change it into a positive one would you? Would you think that that event defined you in some...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
What Foster Parents Must Know about ACEs.
Why should foster parents care about ACEs? What are they? How are they relevant to me? ACEs stand for Adverse Childhood Experiences. ...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 14 min
A RAD Sibling Shares Her Story with the World
["Living with a RAD child" is a guest post from a sibling who experienced this life first hand. All names were changed.] We met Hazel...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
Ten Ways to Grieve as a Foster Mom
When a child you love has left your home through circumstances of the system, reunification, or allegations of wrongdoing, you are left...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
Five Strategies to Help Your Foster Child Grieve
While you have probably heard of the grieving process [https://www.psycom.net/depression.central.grief.html], do you know that foster...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 3 min
Five Unique Ways to Show Love to a Foster Child
5 Unique Ways to Show Love to Your Foster Child Have you ever struggled to actually show love? I have a problem with it at times. I...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
10 Ways to Create a More Peaceful Foster Home
There are many pieces of advice that you can follow for peace. There is a peace that removes all of your troubles temporarily, like a...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 3 min
Six Keys to the Perfect Foster Family Morning Routine
Essential Routines for the Foster Family series introduces the foster family morning routine. This post is one in a series of posts on...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
Planning Essential Routines for the Foster Family
Essential Routines for the Foster Family is a post I'm so excited to share with you. I have a HUGE freebie to reveal as well. The...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
Simple Foster Family Meal Planning
In order to be effective as a foster parent, essential routines for the foster family. like meal planning, must be established. ...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 3 min
How to Help Your Foster Child in School
How can Iyou help your foster child in school? Did you know that statistically foster children do not do well in school? Is that...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
How can I help my foster child academically?
I was asked to be a guest on Cathleen Bearse's podcast. Before the podcast, I commented to her on an Instagram post she made regarding a...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
The Ten Tips You Should Know Before Adoption...
What you should know before the adoption is a post that I wish I had years ago, of course. I adopted my first children in 2009. It has...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
How Can I Provide a More Meaningful Christmas?
Each year, I ask myself, "How can I provide a more meaningful Christmas for my foster children?" You are probably exhausted with the...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
Trouble sleeping? Sleep Disorders in Foster Children
If you are a new foster parent, you may have trouble sleeping. This is because you are either excited about the new child, worried about...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
Tips to Get My Foster Child to Sleep
Looking for tips to get your foster child to sleep? I know I want all the sleep tips I can get. I polled a few veteran foster moms and...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
Getting Foster Children to Sleep
Family Balance and Foster Care - guest post By: Megan Tucker, RN, BSN (Certified Moms on Call Consultant, Prenatal Educator, and...
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