A Foster Parent Measured Success in Ordinary Breakfasts

The story

Foster care is often discussed in slogans. The daily unit is breakfast. Children who have been moved keep asking, with behavior, whether this table is temporary.

Parents who last are rarely flashy. They keep the cereal brand the same. They attend the meeting. They do not make the child earn basic warmth.

What happened next

Casey Family Programs and state agencies publish stories of homes that held long enough for a nervous system to settle. Settling looks boring. It is the prize.

A lesson you can use this week

If you cannot foster, you can drive, babysit, or fill a social worker’s wish list. Stability is a team sport.

Sources

Casey Family Programs and Child Welfare Information Gateway firsthand foster-parent accounts.