The Foster Parents' Podcast
Summary: This is a Podcast devoted to helping Foster Parents deal with the frustrations and struggles involved with Foster Parenting. The podcast focuses on parenting techniques that work, along with frequent interviews with people who have a great deal of experience with foster care. Join us on our journey and Subscribe Today!
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- Artist: Ben & Deb Pugh share top tips to help foster parents find joy along every step of their journey, even during the most overwhelming and frustrating times with foster care.
- Copyright: The Foster Parents 2015
Podcasts:
Nice is Not Always Easy We know that being nice to our kids is not always the easiest thing to do. We get grumpy and we get emotional and we say or do things that we regret and are not nice at all. We get very complacent in our parenting sometimes and those emotions take Continue Reading …
Get them to Listen Without Yelling Every parent wants to get their kids to listen. Sometimes we just don’t know how to get the results we want. Sometimes I just want to amp up the volume and get them to hear what I’m saying. By the way…It.Never.Works. Follow through on Consequences – Your kids need Continue Reading …
Foster parenting is hard, and we’ve enjoyed helping other foster parents. One thing that we’ve noticed is that when it comes to solving problems, it helps to try something new. This has worked for us, and it has worked for other foster parents that we have worked with. Get out of your comfort zone! Have Continue Reading …
We've talked about in the past about how we do family meetings and why they are important in our home. On today's podcast we are going to talk about how we do family meetings in our home in 5 simple steps and how you can make them work in your home as well. Family meetings have a big role in helping the kids in your home feel like they a part of the family and team and a part of making decisions that affect them. Get full show notes and more information here: http://thefosterparents.com/tfp055
Struggles are okay, everyone has them! In this episode we are talking about some of our latest struggles and what we do to handle them when they come up. What we’ve been struggling with during the past week Moody teenager Getting nervous about graduation and what happens afterward No motivation to do anything after school Continue Reading …
How are you helping? Welcome back to episode 53 of The Foster Parents’ Podcast! We are excited to be able to talk about this topic. Here is what you are going to learn on this episode: Why it is important to support Bio Parents & Families. Some ways that we try and help Bio Parents The Continue Reading …
Family Activities makes foster care more FUN! I know we are here to talk about family activities, but our podcast is 1 and we’re excited. In the immortal words of the cartoon Frosty the Snow Man, “Happy Birthday!” That’s right, our podcast is now 1 year old. So, we’ve got a gift for our listeners. Continue Reading …
Episode #51 – Our Rewards System, and Making Them Work! It’s hard to create a Rewards System without some idea of what one looks like. Here’s some examples of some of the rewards and systems that we’ve used in the past and tips for making it all work. By the way, you can still claim your FREE 6 Continue Reading …
Episode #50 – How to Create a Rewards System Part 2 Wowsa! Thanks to all of you who have already downloaded your FREE 6 Step Guide Creating Rewards Systems. We appreciate your support. If you haven’t downloaded this yet, what are you waiting for? Download it HERE Today! Anyways, sorry to leave you hanging. We try and keep our podcast at a Continue Reading …
Episode #49 – How to Create a Rewards System Part 1 One of the questions that we get the most is something along these lines: “My foster kid won’t do [fill in the blank]. What punishments should I use?” The answer is simple. Stop punishing and build a rewards system. Benefits of the Rewards System Continue Reading …
Episode #48 – How to Foster a Family with Kelsey Flannery We are so lucky to have Kelsey Flannery with us to share her amazing story. Kelsey is licensed to take kids from 0-5 and has 2 placements right now. She is 23 and found her calling to help other people already, even though she Continue Reading …
Episode #47- 5 Tips to Teach your Foster Kids Responsibility Teaching responsibility as your youth gets older gets harder and harder. Here are some quick tips to help your foster youth learn responsibility: 1. Start as soon as you can. – I know that you all get kids at different ages, so the best way to Continue Reading …
Episode #46- Getting out of Debt! We have Michael Taylor from Householdbudgetcoach.com here to talk to us about how to get out of debt! How did Michael and his wife pay off $34,000 in 21 months? Michael grew up seeing his parents struggle financially. They were poor. He wanted to escape that struggle. That drive spilled into my adult Continue Reading …
Episode #45 – Time for Taxes with Michael Taylor Michael’s Background: Married for 21 years and was a foster parent for 6 years during that time. He and his wife were able to adopt 1 of their sons from foster care. They were invested in having good communication with the bio families. Foster care is Continue Reading …
Episode #44 – Why You Shouldn’t Label Your Kids What are labels? A label is an idea that we assign to ourselves or other people. Usually this has to do with something that you have done. Where we place someone in a role. -Messy eater, Bossy, Always Late, etc. Here is a link to the Continue Reading …
