My Best Advice for Foster Parenting Teens

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @boonlm
    @boonlm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I love this. One of our successful touch points was “I’m heating up water for tea, would you like a cup?” I never realized the need to continuously remind them that we were still fully committed to them. Looking back now, that makes total sense. Also, in our experience it was almost 6 months before our teen would voluntarily come out of her room and join us for a family activity without an invitation. That was also around the time that she had been in our home longer than any other prior placement, and I think that is likely not a coincidence.

    • @afosteredlife
      @afosteredlife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tea! Brilliant! And yes, that moment of being someone’s longest placement is *huge*. Thanks for sharing!

    • @TP-rp6jk
      @TP-rp6jk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @woslow2543
    @woslow2543 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    As a former foster kid, everything you said is spot on. Keep it going!

    • @afosteredlife
      @afosteredlife  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This means more to me than you could know. Thank you for taking the time to watch and encourage me!

  • @marlyseemma983
    @marlyseemma983 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love it. Give time and space for them to have havens. Have daily, consistent touch points. Communicate "I'm good. You're good. We're good." especially after conflict.

  • @ИринаРахимова-ъ7л
    @ИринаРахимова-ъ7л ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Listening to this sitting at my kitchen table in Russia and even though the system is different the thing about parenting are so universal! It's great!

    • @afosteredlife
      @afosteredlife  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Спасибо! I appreciate you taking the time to let me know this!

  • @ryuhayabusa6776
    @ryuhayabusa6776 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've always been fascinated by this topic. Nice to see your videos.

  • @kimjohnson4821
    @kimjohnson4821 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was so good! I hope you make more content like this

  • @paavolaprincess
    @paavolaprincess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have watched your channels since the very very beginning and your gentle wisdom never ceases ❤️

    • @afosteredlife
      @afosteredlife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You have been with me a long time! Thank you for all of your encouragement over the years!

    • @paavolaprincess
      @paavolaprincess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@afosteredlife I still think about foster care often and hope it’s in God’s plan for us someday, I guess I’m still just in the season of encouraging foster parents! 😆

  • @Cupcakemountian55
    @Cupcakemountian55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love your content. Fostering is something I never thought of but was kinda thrown in front of me and thinking about taking on this journey. Your full of wealth of knowledge

  • @crystalhitchcock3448
    @crystalhitchcock3448 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So many great ideas, thank you so much! My heart goes out to these kids.

    • @afosteredlife
      @afosteredlife  ปีที่แล้ว

      My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

  • @Sara-jr8ro
    @Sara-jr8ro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I learn so much from your videos. Thanks you for sharing your tips.

  • @dheezy3
    @dheezy3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is so true! thank you for sharing

  • @HaileysHealth
    @HaileysHealth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for making this video! I have a dream of fostering teenagers!

  • @ruthbaram4276
    @ruthbaram4276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video as usual Christy. This is good advice also for my biological teenager 😊

    • @afosteredlife
      @afosteredlife  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Ruth! I’d love to catch up with you!!!

  • @amandazacharias4790
    @amandazacharias4790 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this. Thank you

  • @lindaaitken6111
    @lindaaitken6111 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should probably turn the phone off when filming, it’s distracting