It is often in the best interests of your foster child to maintain contact with their birth family. If so, you need to consider the best ways to facilitate what may be a challenging relationship for all involved. However, there are many benefits of maintaining a positive relationship with your foster child’s birth family as we will discuss below.
It Gives Them Continuity
It may be that your foster child can eventually return to their birth family. This can be made more difficult for them if they have lost contact, especially if they are young and may not remember their birth family very well. Maintaining contact with your foster child’s birth family can create continuity and therefore make the process of placing them back in their own homes when the time comes a lot easier for the family.
It Reduces Defiant Behaviour
A foster child may feel angry that they have been taken away from their family and this can cause battle lines to be drawn up. A child who feels they need to
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