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Talking to Your Children About Fostering - Exploring Readiness and Building a Supportive Family Environment

Talking to Your Children About Fostering - Exploring Readiness and Building a Supportive Family Environment

Fostering affects the whole family, and it's essential to involve your own children in the conversation early on. Their thoughts, feelings, and willingness to share their home and parents play a vital role in creating a successful fostering experience. This fact sheet offers guidance on how to talk openly with your children about fostering, ways to explore their readiness, and tips for helping them feel heard, valued, and prepared to be part of a fostering family.

Learn more about how to open the conversation about fostering with your family - Talking to your children about fostering

Want to become a carer?
To become a foster carer your ability to care and nurture a child is what really matters.
To learn more, visit the LWB foster care website