Fostering/adoption

When children want to trace their birth parents

What is fostering

Fostering is a way of providing a family life for children who cannot live with their own parents
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Adopting a child

Find out who can adopt and what you need to do
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Residence orders

Advice to help you understand what a residence order is
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Special guardianship orders

Understanding a special guardianship order
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Telling your child they're ado...

Adoptive parents often worry about how to tell their child they are adopted
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Adoption support

Support for parents of children with an adoption plan, placed for adoption or adopted
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If your child is being adopted

Child adoption advice if your child is being adopted
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Contacting birth parents

Helping your adopted child to contact and trace their birth parents
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Boundaries and discipline

How do you discipline teenager...

Understand how your style of discipline changes as your child becomes a teenager
- Behaviour
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What to do if your teen is lyi...

Find out why your teenager might be lying to you or stealing
- Behaviour
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Challenging behaviour

How to deal with difficult behaviour from your child
- Behaviour
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Stealing and lying

It can be stressful to find out your child has been lying or stealing
- Behaviour
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Positive behaviour

Learn strategies that help with positive boundaries
- Behaviour
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Crime and antisocial behaviour

What to do if your teen is lyi...

Find out why your teenager might be lying to you or stealing
- Behaviour
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Challenging behaviour

Managing sibling jealousy

How to prepare your toddler for their new sibling
- Pregnancy
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Last updated: June 2023