Kennedy-Donovan Center’s Five Reasons To Become A Foster Parent

Last month Kennedy-Donovan Center received over 80 referrals to place children in foster homes. Please consider becoming a foster parent to support a child in need of a safe, nurturing environment!

Five reasons to become a foster parent:

1. Foster parents changes generations.
2. Make a difference in the life of a child, no matter how short or long your involvement.
3. Children need you….to provide a safe, loving environment where they can thrive.
4. Assist biological families to provide a secure and safe environment for a child.
5. Do missionary work in your own backyard.

All children should grow up in a safe, nurturing home. Childhood has a marked, determined effect on one’s personality and quality of life. Since most of us end up having children of our own, we typically model many aspects of our own parents’ rearing skills – they serve as a mindful reference for when we take the role of parent.

Sadly, the number of children in foster care, seeking that safe, nurturing and stable home is alarming. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services June 2016 AFCARS report, 427,910 children were in foster care. This is a truly sad human story that typically flies under many people’s radar yet is an important one that impacts our very own neighborhoods.

Foster parenting is a way to provide children with care, love and support while they are not able to be with their parents. A way to not only positively impact a child’s life, but your own, for foster parenting can be a rewarding experience. Beyond that, your influence on the child’s life will eventually affect their role as a future parent, so indirectly that impact is generational.

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