Creating structure and predictability is important to giving kids from foster care a feeling of safety and security. By creating daily routines, kids are given the opportunity to maintain appropriate expectations and feel in control of their environments. Ultimately, this will help to create a space where kids can feel safe working through trauma and healing. In addition, creating family routine also allows children to feel secure in creating healthy attachment to other members of the family. Building relationships with safe, loving,
consistent adults is important for kids from foster care who, because of previous experiences, may associate trauma and abandonment with adult relationships. As you consider the role you play in a child’s life, please make an honest commitment as your relationship can either be a source of healing and consistency, or another source of abandonment.
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