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Foster mom teaching her daughter
AI Summary Read time: 7 minutes

Updated: Jan 22, 2026

Understanding Mental health in children in Foster Care is so important for their success.

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 6.5 minutes

Updated: Jan 19, 2026

Homelessness is partly due to a failure of state systems to facilitate a smooth transition to adulthood.  In the first four years after aging out of fos

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 5 minutes

Updated: Oct 2, 2025

Foster Children and How to Help Them With Anxiety in a New Home

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 4 minutes

Updated: Mar 5, 2026

How to Help a Teenager in the Foster Care System

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 4 minutes

Updated: Oct 2, 2025

Pet Therapy and Support Animals in Foster Care

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 6 minutes

Updated: Oct 2, 2025

Why should I be a foster parent in VA?

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 3.5 minutes

Updated: Oct 2, 2025

Wagging tails helping children in Virginia foster care.

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 4.5 minutes

Updated: Apr 24, 2026

Advantages of Being a Foster Parent of a Teenager

Teenagers did not choose to be in Foster Care

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 9 minutes

Updated: Oct 2, 2025

Foster Care in Virginia: The Latest Statistics

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

AI Summary Read time: 5 minutes

Updated: Oct 2, 2025

How to help siblings stay together in the Virginia Foster Care System

Richard Kingswell
Richard Kingswell

Founder and CEO
Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

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