We are finally in the “matching” stage in our process and we are able to look at pictures and profiles of some of the kids that are in the foster care system and are available for adoption.
When writing the homestudy, the social worker asked what kinds of difficulty in children did we feel that we […]

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber

My review

rating: 5 of 5 starsWow, this book was great. As I am preparing to be a parent, it is so nice to have some concrete examples of how to handle communication with kids to […]

Having to make plans for our future children in case anything happens to us really highlights the fact that we do not know them.  Isn’t it weird that we are going to be committing our lives to children that we don’t know?  Not only that, but we are asking our friends to commit to them, […]

The third and final class that we took in preparation to becoming foster parents was a class on state home certification.  The state of California has certain requirements for the home that the kids will be living in, most of which have to do with preventing accidents or injury in relation to water bodies, medications […]