Foster care and adoption is a whole other animal when it comes to grieving. It’s built on loss. A child has lost everything they’ve known and so you have a child coming in your home who is grieving.
One of the hardest jobs for a foster or adopt parent is to sit with this loss; to help carry the hurt and grief. To resist the urge to sweep it aside and claim, “they won’t remember”. While at the same time you are attending to your own grief, because even though you signed up for this, you won't just forget either.
Join us as we talk about "good grief" with Jamie Briscoe.