What is it like to move and live in foster homes?

Read that again if you are unfamiliar with the way foster care works. You are a child and you may or may not be told that you are going to leave your home on a given day and immediately live somewhere else and when that time comes, you are expected to have everything you own packed and ready - in a garbage bag. read more

Foster homes are designed to be temporary. Foster parents are required to take training hours to be a "foster home". Also, depending on the child, it may or may not be a good fit for the child depending on their personality. read more

One of the hardest tasks as a foster parent is to tell a child in foster care that he is moving to a new foster home. Learn a few tips to help you. One of the hardest tasks as a foster parent is to tell a child in foster care that he is moving to a new foster home. read more

My first memory is from a foster home - in all, I stayed in at least six different homes and was in and out of foster care and kinship care dozens of times - starting before the age of two and ending when I was about thirteen. read more