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Steps to Grandparenting a Foster or Adopted Child
Several tips and ideas for grandparents who may struggle with knowing how to be a grandparent to a foster or adopted child. This can be especially difficult for those grandparents who don’t agree with their child’s decision to become a foster and/or adoptive parent. Foster parenting or adoptive parenting is made tougher when we lack support from our family and friends.

How to Support Your Child as a Foster Parent
How to support your child as a foster parent. Many grandparents don't like the idea of their children becoming foster parents, but how can a grandparent be supportive?

Introducing an Adopted or Foster Child to Your Family
How to prepare your children for foster care as well as welcome new foster and adopted children into your family.

10 Ways for a Grandparent to Welcome a Foster Child into the Family
Extended family is sometimes very involved in a foster family's day-to-day activities. How does a grandparent welcome a new foster child into the family? Are there things that grandparents should be aware of? Get some tips on grandparents and foster children.

15 Ways to Be a Grandparent to a Foster or Newly Adopted Child
You know how to be a grandparent, because more than likely, you watched your grandchild grow up from an infant. You learned what your grandchild liked and disliked. Now you are thrown into the situation of being a grandparent to a foster child or a newly adopted child; a child you don't know. How do you begin being a grandparent to this child? Here are 15 ways to be a grandparent.

Teaching Foster/Adoptive Children How to Answer Questions
Teaching your foster/adoptive child to answer the questions of other kids about being adopted or being in foster care. Teach children how to keep things private using a covery story.