{"id":2563,"date":"2021-10-04T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:46:13","slug":"first-time-single-parent-makes-lasting-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/es\/parent-partner-blog\/first-time-single-parent-makes-lasting-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"First-time single parent makes lasting connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"has-arrow-mask-down ani-bottom has-arrow-mask-pad has-arrow-mask wp-block-group has-wider-padding has-sticky-radius has-0-9-background-color has-background has-arrow-mask has-arrow-mask-down ani-bottom has-arrow-mask-pad has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:15px;border-top-right-radius:15px;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<header class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-0-9-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0af18515 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrowed-back\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/blog\">Back to Blogs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/es\/category\/parent-partner-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Parent Partner Blog<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-h-2-font-size\">First-time single parent makes lasting connections<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-first-md is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"ani-bottom has-arrow-mask-down has-arrow-mask wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amanda-Blog.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two shadows of people playing together.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amanda-Blog.jpg 760w, https:\/\/co4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amanda-Blog-450x258.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-full-width-m has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-704e782a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"\">Even when Amanda was young she knew she wanted to adopt children one day. Prior to becoming certified as a foster parent, Amanda volunteered as a mentor with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/poweredbypartners.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Partners Mentoring Youth<\/a>. Her experience mentoring two teen girls inspired her to become certified as a foster parent. Amanda is now in the process of adopting two sisters from foster care.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI wanted the kids that needed me to be in their lives more than three hours a week, especially the older kids who just want somebody to listen to them, so I started getting certified to become a foster parent,\u201d said Amanda who talked about her 14-year-old mentee who had a huge impact on her.&nbsp; \u201cShe absolutely changed my life by showing me that one adult can make a huge difference. She&#8217;s on her way to finishing her GED. She has a job, and she&#8217;s doing really well. I knew if I could help this kid, I could foster older kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Before becoming certified with Nightlight Christian Adoptions, Amanda, a single first-time parent, did a lot of reading and attended seminars and webinars to learn about how cycles of poverty and generational trauma affect families and how to parent children and youth who have experienced trauma. Amanda also knew she wanted her first experience with foster care to end in adoption.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAs a single mom, I really didn&#8217;t think I was going to be capable of having kids move into my house, developing this bond, and be able to give them back, which ideally is the goal to have them reunified with their parents. I knew that that would devastate me, and I would have nobody here to grieve with me,\u201d said Amanda. \u201cI have my parents and aunts and uncles all throughout Colorado, but I don&#8217;t know that my family would necessarily understand that concept of grief as a foster parent. So I wanted to adopt first, and then my plan is to continue being a traditional foster parent.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In July 2020, Amanda was matched with a sibling set of two sisters who were 12 and 8. Being a first-time single parent during a global pandemic was especially challenging, but Amanda was able to find resources and lean on her agency and others for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cMy family advocate and my caseworker are just the most phenomenal people and reassure me about the child welfare system because they care so much about the kids and about me and how I&#8217;m doing,\u201d said Amanda. \u201cMy family has been very supportive, but the biggest support has been my best friend who has her master&#8217;s in special education. She is an elementary school teacher in New Hampshire. I was calling her every night, she has just been an absolute rock star. I could put my little one in front of the screen, and I would be able to trust that she would stay occupied on the screen long enough for me to actually take a shower.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Amanda has also found support by connecting with other foster parents who understand the unique challenges that come with being a foster parent through Facebook groups and in-person support through Foster Source\u2019s foster parent connections. Amanda was also connected with a therapist through Foster Source at no cost to her. She also took advantage of other resources through Be the Source such as training and accessing much-needed items like weighted blankets. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Amanda has found support and has been able to make lasting connections with her \u201cbig\u201d and \u201clittle\u201d and is looking forward to their upcoming adoption.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Amanda has bonded with the girls over board games, movies, cooking and baking. The girls also enjoy learning to cook and trying new foods. They especially like making deluxe tuna salad sandwiches. Amanda has seen the older sister, who is now 13 and just started the eighth grade, grow in her self-confidence through physical and mental accomplishments. Her younger sister is growing in her ability to read and write, identifying her emotions and doing more things on her own. Over the last year, Amanda has found her foster-to-adopt experience to be incredibly rewarding and the sisters have found a place of belonging.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHere&#8217;s this 13-year-old who says, \u2018Thank you for taking care of my sister.\u2019 She hugged me on her way out for school just this morning and she said, \u2018You&#8217;re just the best mom that I&#8217;ve ever had in my entire life, and I just love you.\u2019 I just sent them off to school, but I feel like I did something today. 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