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With the Holidays rapidly approaching, it’s easy to start to panic as a parent! No matter the age of your kids, parenting around the holidays can be tricky. We’re busy with life, we want to make magical moments for our kids and family, we have to meet and navigate...

Do you remember being little and marveling at how wide, big, and beautiful the world is? If you’re like us, it’s probably been a long time since you were caught up in any kind of awe at the world we live in. With a neverending news cycle focused on bringing us...

It can be really easy to be excited to share our favorite holiday traditions with our kids. Unfortunately, as foster parents, our kids might not have the same enthusiasm for certain holidays or even for celebrating in general as we do.  While Halloween is– for most of...

It’s no secret that reading books to your kids deeply impacts their development. From increased empathy to vocabulary to attention span and brain development, books are an incredible source of education and enjoyment! We rounded up our favorite fall books for kids,...

If you’ve spent any time on the internet or social media, you have probably been inundated with advice about the importance of self-care. The reality is while some of these bits of advice aren’t the greatest, self-care is vital to our well-being, especially as parents...

Like every parent, we’re sure you are well aware of the plethora of research about the dangers of screen time for your kiddos. Screen time has been shown to cause all sorts of emotional, developmental, social, and physical harm to children. From eye strain to obesity,...

Fostering is full of ups and downs! But really, life is full of ups and downs. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Foster Youth have experienced far more “downs” than “ups” in their short life. Many of these children come from unsafe or traumatic backgrounds and have...

Dear Mom and Dad, Hey there, how are you doing? No, really, how are you doing? We get it, this parenting thing is so hard - harder than maybe you thought.  We’ve noticed that sometimes when we talk about the challenges of being a parent, we can only do it in a joking...

The Summer heat has officially arrived in So Cal, and if your kids are anything like ours, that means they’ve probably cooped up in the AC on some screen. And we get it; we don’t feel like doing much when the temps rise, but attached to a device is probably not how we...

Opening your home to a child or multiple children is a huge deal. Deciding to become a Resource Parent involves so many unknowns. One of the biggest challenges can be knowing how to talk to friends and family about the decision to foster. Whether you already have...