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 Power Tools : Grief And Loss
Foster Parenting And Grief:
by Ron Huxley, LMFT
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak."
-- Longfellow
Foster parents are faced with an ongoing series of grief: accepting a new child into their home, learning to
adapt to the personalities and needs of that child, developing feelings of affection and love for that child, and
the risk losing the child if their biological parents succeed in reunification or if someone chooses to adopt the
child. Adoptive and foster parents are not immune to feelings of grief. They struggle with the realization that
they are not, and never will meet societies idea of a traditional family. They must also deal with the personal
realization that the child they care about is not their own (unless they chose to adopt the child) and the child
may be forced to return to the same or further traumatic circumstances.
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