3 Ways To Ring In The New Year As A Foster Family
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Maybe you can’t change the whole world, but you can change the whole world of a child in foster care. Deciding to become a foster parent not only helps children and teenagers in need of a loving and stable home, but it also improves families and communities in many ways and can make your life richer as well.
There is a great need for foster parents in the United States, and all you have to do is take that first step. Here are some empowering quotes for current foster families and anyone considering fostering in the upcoming year.
- “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa
- “Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” – Walt Disney
- “Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.” – Leigh Anne Tuohy
- “An aware parent loves all children he or she interacts with — for you are a caretaker for those moments in time.” – Doc Childre
- “Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” – J.K. Rowling
- “Every child deserves a champion — an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be.” – Rita F. Pierson
- “There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s what we spend it on.” – Leo Christopher
- “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” – Barbara Bush
- “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero.” – Fred Rogers
- “With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.” – Michelle Obama
- “Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” – Anthony Liccione
- “Encourage and support your kids because children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” – Lady Bird Johnson
- “Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “Family is the most important thing in the world.” – Princess Diana
There’s no better gift you can give to a child or teenager than a loving family and a stable home. For more information on how to become a foster parent in the state of Illinois, contact Camelot Care Centers today. And for more inspiration quotes of foster parenting, click here.
Every child needs and deserves to grow up safe and protected from abuse and neglect, and caring foster parents offer children support and stability when they need it most. At Camelot Care Centers, we specialize in higher-level foster care for children and adolescents that need extra support. We partner with our foster parents/homes to provide trauma informed care and additional services, including in-home counseling, parent support and training, tele-psychiatry, and therapeutic mentoring, to maintain children at the least restrictive, yet most appropriate level of care. Camelot Care Centers (“Camelot”) is a Child Welfare Agency.
