Making It Work Making It Work
By Arelis Rosario and Mary Keane
A teen and foster mom explain what it takes to build a successful relationship. [read more]
  Learning to Love Again
By Aquellah M.
After a series of bad experiences, Aquellah arrives at her latest foster home expecting to be kicked out within a month or two. Instead, she finds a supportive foster mom who isn’t scared off by her anger or her sadness, and who helps her feel at ease. [read more]		 Learning to Love Again
  ‘That’s My Son’ ‘That’s My Son’
By Mary Chancie
The author adopted a 16-year-old who had been in 14 different placements. She relates how she helped him to feel at home.
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  Foster Parents Need Support, Too
By Natasha Santos
At a meeting of Circle of Support, a support group for foster parents, Natasha is surprised to meet foster parents who genuinely care for the kids in their homes. She realizes that, like many teens in care, foster parents also sometimes struggle to get the support they need from the system. [read more] 		Foster Parents Need Support, Too
  Building Trust, Brick By Brick Building Trust, Brick By Brick
By Manny S.
Manny describes the slow process of getting to know and starting to trust his foster mother, who ends up planning to adopt him. [read more]
  Great Expectations
By Hattie Rice
Hattie has high hopes about her newest foster home. When things aren’t perfect, she gets upset and becomes detached. Family therapy helps her and her foster mom to have a honest discussion, and Hattie finally lets herself get comfortable. [read more] 		Forever Family
  ‘She’s Still Your Mother’ ‘She’s Still Your Mother’
By Queenie Butler
A kinship foster parent describes the difficulty of caring for her nieces while also dealing with her sister’s anger at losing them. She struggles to help the girls maintain a relationship with their mother. [read more]