First Home Care

Parents' Corner

Welcome foster parents! If you need additional resources or guidance in your role as a foster parent, you've come to the right place. The Parents' Corner contains a wealth of information to help you in a variety of situations.

• Handling Misbehavior
• Parent Rights
• Parenting Tips (pdf)
• Foster Parent Burnout
• Building Self Esteem
• Communicating with Young Children (pdf)
• Communicating with Teenagers
• Foster Parent Links
• Books for Foster Parents
• Offering Encouragement
• Foster Care Facts (pdf)
• Relaxation Tips

Benefits of Being a Foster Care Parent

• Helping keep children safe
• Providing a better life for them
• Sharing and giving part of yourself
• Helping a child reach their full potential
• Knowing that you can make a difference
• Making a child into an adult "Giver" not a "Taker"
• Using your skills to help others

• Cool Corner
• Parents' Corner
  • Handling Misbehavior
  • Parent Rights
  • Parenting Tips (pdf)
  • Foster Parent Burnout
  • Building Self Esteem
  • Communicating: Children (pdf)
  • Communicating: Teenagers
  • Foster Parent Links
  • Books for Foster Parents
  • Offering Encouragement
  • Foster Care Facts (pdf)
  • Relaxation Tips
• Training Calendar
• Best Practices
• Your Health
• First Home Care Forms
• Educational Materials
• Your Rights in Foster Care
• Links
• Newsletter
• Legislation

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Spotlight

Attention Parents! The 2009 Training Calendar has been updated.

Newsletter

The FHC newsletter is available to download and is full of great information.

Welcome New Foster Parents to the First Home Care Family! Kenneth and Cynthia Barbour January 15, 2009 Ms. Rosayn McCall January 15, 2009

Referrals

You can earn a $100 bonus for referring a a qualified therapeutic foster parent to First Home Care. Call the resource center in your area for more information.