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One of your primary goals as a parent is to keep your children safe. As parents, you try your best to keep your child protected from things that may cause them harm. When your child is born, you take measures to keep your home safe for them, installing baby proofing equipment to make sure that
Children are not considered to be capable of making decisions for their overall well-being; this is because children are still developing both physically and mentally. There’s a saying that experience is the best teacher, and this is especially true when it comes to the practical things in life. There are things that you only learn
“Kids come into care with very little. The importance of the Angel Room is that the items we give out they can keep. The clothing voucher from CPS goes really fast when most kids do not have anything.” Kristina Wyatt, LCPAA, Foster Care Supervisor Did you know Arms Wide Adoption Services has an Angel Room?
Troop 15026 from the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council stopped by this morning to deliver blankets and cookies for children serviced by our Angel Room, which is used by foster families as a resource when children come into care in emergency situations and need basic necessities to get them through their first few days
First Night Checklist Being the Director of Adoption and Foster Care Programs at Arms Wide Adoption Services always affects me differently. Sometimes it is awesome, but a lot of times it is really scary, extremely emotional, even heart wrenching, but we do it because our children DESERVE IT! I attended a conference recently, and one
Summer marks a lot more free time for our favorite kids, and we know some of that time will be spent outside. That’s why we wanted to bring you a Guest Blog on child safety and the road. Many children know the basics – to look left and right before crossing the street – but
Tiffany is an Arms Wide Adoption Services’ “waiting parent.” This means she has completed all steps necessary for an adoptive placement. Our team here at Arms Wide Adoption Services is working closely with Tiffany to ensure any potential match is strong. We pride ourselves in successful outcomes for children, and being able to successfully match
With the latest season of 13 Reasons Why returning to Netflix recently, we thought it was timely and important to bring you a guest blog on bullying and your role as a parent. The terms “bully” and “bullying” have been getting more attention recently, but do we know what the words “bully” and “bullying” really
May is National Foster Care Appreciation Month, a month set aside to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help children in foster care find loving homes and permanent connections. There are over 20,000 children in the Texas foster care system. More than 7,200