By Rachel Bithell

Neuroscientists, child development experts and our own instincts tell us babies and kids crave connection with adults and need safe, reliable relationships with caregivers to thrive.

As resource parents, we want to fill this need. However, often the children in our homes need extra time and support to feel safe trusting us.

If c...

By Rachel Fulginiti

Each month a recurring question surfaces, both in the online communities I’m  part of, as well as in my own emails, DMs and text threads. It goes something like this:

I’m interested (or I have a friend who is interested) in fostering. Could you give me an idea of where to begin and how to go about it? 

I kno...

Raising Kids and Teens with FASD: Advice and Strategies to Help Your Family to Thrive!

By Barb Clark

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2025, ISBN: 978-1-80501-390-7, 237 pages, $17.95

When Barb Clark and her husband Michael adopted 5-week-old Akila in 1999, they thought it would be the start of building their family. Instead, Akila’s diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol...

Written in simple words and short sentences, “Tuesday’s Bear: A Tale of the Lost and Found” delivers a poignant message of hope and redemption for its readers. Writer Alexandra Davis, who has also written an article in this FFT issue (read ‘The Hard Talks,’ Page 50), creates an adorable protagonist, Bear who is lost and abandoned. Ending up with other items boxed out to a Los...

By Sharon Dunlevy

Foster parenting is sacred work. It’s also some of the most emotionally and physically taxing work a person can do. While we pour everything we have into caring for children who have experienced trauma, it’s easy to forget to care for the one constant in their lives: ourselves.

Burnout isn’t just a buzzword. It’s a real, measur...