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10 Tips To Avoid the Holiday Blues for Foster Kids

10 Tips for Foster Kids to Avoid the Holiday Blues As the holiday season approaches, thousands of foster kids prepare to spend the holidays separated from their biological families. Even countless more aged-out adults face big decisions on how they will spend the holidays after exiting the foster care system. Below is a practical list of things that can be done (and not done), to avoid being sad and depressed during this upcoming holiday season. 1.       Avoid throwing yourself a pity party! 2.       Don’t be around people who trigger you emotionally. 3.       Spend time with a positive friend, relative, or other personal connection that you enjoy. 4.       Reach out and talk to a positive friend, relative, or other personal connection about how you feel if needed. 5.       Be intentional and celebrate someone close to you that has had a pos...

Best Gift For Foster Kids This Holiday Season

There is one gift for foster kids that’s critical this holiday season, but it won’t fit underneath the tree. Now, if you’re thinking the cliché expression,” The Gift of Love,” then keeping reading. Unconditional love shown to foster kids who experienced abuse and neglect is very   important, however teaching foster kids to love themselves and have hope for a better tomorrow is the best gift that any person can give to a foster kid for the holidays. Every year, about 400,000 kids spend time in the U.S. foster care system. As the holiday season approaches, feelings of low-self esteem and low self-worth plague foster kids around the country as they prepare to be without their families! Have a positive impact on foster kids by teaching them to think and say positive things about themselves, their families, and about their future.  Click  HERE for some amazing resources to give foster kids this holiday season that will teach them to love themselves, have more c...

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Get more information for Orphan Sunday 2017  HERE .