The Whole Family Said Yes: Preparing Every Member for Foster Care
May 27, 2026
6:30pm ET / 5:30pm CT / 3:30pm PT
Join guest speaker Kim Patton and me LIVE on Zoom to earn a certificate for 1 training hour.
Foster care is a family mission, not just a parenting decision. When you open your home, you are asking your children to open theirs, too. Before you take that step, you have to honestly count the cost. Humans are called to love, and foster care can be a powerful expression of that love. But we are called to love our own family first. We cannot serve everyone, and we cannot do something that perpetually puts our forever family on the back burner.
By the end of this class, you will be able to:
Identify what it means to be on the same page as your partner before and during placement, even when you do not agree on everything.
Recognize difficult moments as opportunities to teach your children resilience, empathy, and boundaries.
Know when a situation has crossed from hard into unsafe, and how to make decisions that protect your forever family for the long term.
Meet Kim Patton
Kim Patton is an adoptive and former foster mama living in Ohio with her husband, Kevin, and two daughters, Eden and Shiloh. She writes for Waiting in Hope Infertility ministry, Her View from Home, and has been the host of the Book Therapy podcast since 2022.
Her second book, "Nothing Wasted: Struggling Well through Difficult Seasons," encourages readers to recognize personal growth amidst hard times.
In her free time, she is usually reading a memoir, taking her daughters outside to play, or plotting adventures with her husband.
