Foster Parenting

Nos enseñaron que hay que trabajar más de nueve horas diarias, incluso los fines de semana. Que el dinero no llega fácil. Que, sin sacrificio, no hay recompensa. Y así crecimos: forzando, apurando, controlando. Hasta que un día nos dimos cuenta de que, por más que lo hemos intentado todo, las cosas seguían sin fluir. Pero ¿y si el verdadero poder estuviera en hacer menos y no forzar? El poder de soltar y no forzar es para quienes están cansados de correr detrás de las cosas, de vivir con ansiedad, de forzar lo que no fluye. «No necesitas empujar la vida. Necesitas confiar en ella».

Wards of the State by journalist and author Claudia Rowe widens an eye-opening case from a true-crime lens to an exploration of the foster care-to-prison pipeline. The system is broken—hundreds of thousands of children every year leave America’s $30 billion dollar foster care system and enter its prisons, where in some cases, 75 percent of inmates are former foster kids. Through the stories of eight former foster kids, Rowe illustrates exactly where, when, and how the system is failing the children that it parents.

Dans S’aimer pour Mieux Aimer : Le Chemin vers des Relations Épanouies, Dylan Foster EDIEvous guide avec bienveillance et expertise à travers les étapes essentielles pour cultiver l’amour de vous-même. Ce livre audio combine des outils pratiques, des exercices simples et des récits inspirants pour vous aider à dépasser vos doutes, renforcer votre confiance et bâtir des relations authentiques.

If you are considering adoption or foster care or are already somewhere in this difficult and complicated process, you need trusted information from people who have been where you are. Mike and Kristin Berry have adopted eight children and cared for another 23 kids in their nine-year stint as foster parents. They aren't just experts. They have experienced every emotional high and low and encountered virtually every situation imaginable as parents. Now, they want to share what they've learned with you.

The essential guide to parenting adopted and foster kids--learn to create felt safety, heal attachment trauma, and navigate challenging behaviors and triggers Children who have been adopted and/or shuttled through the foster-care system experience trauma at a much higher rate than other kids...

El poder de decir No cuenta la historia de Tomás, un hombre aparentemente común que, tras años de complacer, adaptarse y ceder, comienza a preguntarse en qué momento dejó de ser él mismo. Su vida, como la de muchos, transcurre entre responsabilidades y relaciones donde siempre se espera que diga que sí. Hasta que un día todo empieza a cambiar.

Ward of the State: A Memoir of Foster Care tells what happened to a little Black boy from the inner city of Detroit. This is the story of Karlos Dillard, who was severely neglected by his mother, who often left him and his siblings at home alone for weeks to fend for themselves. Enduring severe neglect and abuse, the boy was removed by the State of Michigan and put into foster care. Karlos was removed from his mother's care just to end up in foster homes that treated him worse. Karlos was told he was not loved, he was not wanted, and he was nothing but a ward of the state.

Whether a child has been in a loving and supportive home from day one or has been bounced from one house to another in the foster care system, parenting them is messy. A former street kid, Peter Mutabazi knows what it feels like to grow up in a world where love, caring, and kindness are nowhere to be found. But as the adoptive father of three and a foster dad to more than forty children, he also knows what a difference it makes when a child experiences the positive influence of an attentive and loving parent.

Embark on a transformative journey through the world of foster care with "Together Through Transitions: Helping Children and Foster Parents to Cope with Placement Changes, Disruptions and Reunifications." This compelling guide is your roadmap to navigating the complex, challenging, and profoundly rewarding path of fostering. Have you ever wondered what it truly takes to change a child's life? To be the steady hand that guides them through turbulent times?

Learn shadow work and start thriving—not just surviving! Shadow Work Essentials is your guide to navigating the complexities of your inner world. Everyone has Shadows; uncovering them can lead to profound personal growth and self-awareness. It is NEVER TOO LATE to start essential shadow work and claim the results you seek.

Families spend 50 minutes per day arguing, do you want to be wasting your life in conflict? The right tools can help you turn fights into positive learning experiences and even opportunities for growth. Mastering Confrontation by Robert Hunt can help you change your mindset gradually using concrete steps. Get this audiobook now to master uncomfortable situations, improve your communication, and learn the ins and outs of conflict resolution.

It is sadly true that it is not always easy to fall asleep. This gently amusing, highly effective anthology of soporific dullness has been carefully curated to put listeners to sleep as quickly as possible. This giftable godsend for the under-rested features dozens of snoozy short texts, including "The Motion of Sand Dunes," "The Administrative Bureaucracy of the Byzantine Empire," "White Noise: A Technical Explanation," and many dozens more - though good luck listening very far on any one evening.

Child Protection Services have been involved with Billy and his mother for some time now. He has been happily settled in a kinship placement with his grandmother and enjoys his pet cat, interacting with neighbors, and even taking piano lessons. As the story unfolds, Billy's grandmother has unexpectedly passed away and so the story of Billy Had to Move begins. Unfortunately, Billy's mother cannot be located. Mr. Murphy, Billy's social worker, places him in the foster home of Amy, Tim, and their baby "Colly".

Aimed at beginners, Lucid Dreaming, Plain and Simple shows the listener how to enter and fully experience the lucid dreaming. Among the amazing things Waggoner and McCready teach listeners are how to: consciously decide what actions to perform.

The new fostering memoir from The Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine years old. Left feeling entirely alone, he has never had a proper safe haven. There is one person looking out for Sammy: his...

Ricardo lo tenía todo, menos paz. Vivía quejándose del trabajo, del tráfico, de sus compañeros, de la vida… hasta que una simple frase lo sacudió: «Quejarte no cambia nada». Esta es la historia de alguien que decidió dejar de lamentarse y empezar a actuar. A través de los episodios en la vida de Ricardo —frustraciones cotidianas, reflexiones, amores—, aprenderás cómo dejar de ver el mundo como un enemigo y comenzar a transformarlo desde adentro.

Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms-from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer. He clarifies the prayer process, answers common misconceptions...

Can you teach your child to be kind? This vital question is taking on a new urgency as our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided. A world-renowned developmental psychologist, Dr. Thomas Lickona has lead the character education movement in schools for 40 years and now he shares with parents the vital tools they need to create a culture of kindness at home. Kindness doesn’t stand on its own. It needs a supporting cast of other essential virtues - like self-control, good judgment, courage, and gratitude.

Positive Self-Parenting Solutions is made for teenagers struggling and dealing with depression. It begins by emphasizing the importance of mindfulness and healing the post-traumatic stress in one's life and the numerous benefits.

Alexis Black persevered through her mother’s death and her father’s imprisonment. And after escaping a long and abusive relationship, the college junior promised her foster parents not to date for at least a year. But when she meets an incoming freshman on the first day of their scholarship program, she feels the world melt away, as though it were only the two of them in the room.