by Bethany Collins | Jun 20, 2018 | Houseparent Blog
There are a lot of things about houseparenting that people are unsure of: What is a houseparent? Are the kids orphans? Are you foster care? Who pays for their care? Why do you have these kids? Etc., etc., etc. Because there is so much that can be unclear, we... 
by Bethany Collins | Apr 23, 2018 | Houseparent Blog
Anyone who works with children will tell you that it often becomes easy to spend too much time focusing on the negative; it can be hard to remember the positives – or have time to celebrate them. It has been stated, by researchers with the Harvard Business Review that... by Bethany Collins | Apr 4, 2018 | Houseparent Blog
With Easter just wrapping up I think it is important to take some time to talk about holidays. (For this blog we’ll focus on just those that come in the Spring.) They can be hard for so many different reasons. When you are raising a house full of other people’s... 
by Bethany Collins | Mar 6, 2018 | Houseparent Blog
Teaching our kids about God, including how to pray, is a big part of what we do. One of the tools we use for this goes by all kinds of different names; and each resident likes to call it something different: “popcorn prayer”, “fill-in-the-blank...
