Blog: Teenagers

Articles

There’s so much we can do, right now, to make a positive difference in the lives of young people in care. Some of these things might seem small or insignificant – but the truth is that they have a huge impact.

• Church
• Teenagers
• Teenagers in care

Articles

Our theologian in residence Tim Davy explores how our identity and value as human beings is rooted in being made in God's image.

• Identity
• theology
• Children
• Teenagers

Articles

Here's what stood out to us in Joe Swash: Teens in Care.

• Fostering
• Supported Lodgings
• Teenagers
• Teenagers in care

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• Supported Lodgings
• Advocacy
• Teenagers

Blogs

At Home for Good we are passionate about ensuring children and young people have a safe, secure and loving place to call home.

• Advocacy
• Supported Lodgings
• Teenagers

Articles

What steps can we take towards helping a child or teenager understand who they are?

• Identity
• Teenagers

News

In an outdated care system unable to meet the increasing demands on it, supported lodgings can offer a financially viable and supportive environment for older teenagers to flourish and to learn key life skills.

• Supported Lodgings
• Advocacy
• Teenagers
• Caring for Teenagers

Articles

An adoptive mum shares how she journeys with her children and finds precious connections, even in those harder moments.

• Teenage
• Teenagers
• Adoption
• Trauma
• stability
• Prayer
• Identity

Stories

Brigid shares from her experience fostering teenagers

• Fostering
• Fostering teenagers
• Teenagers

Articles

It is not an exaggeration to say that great wraparound care for families can be life changing

• Teenagers
• Understanding Adolescence

Articles

All children who are fostered or have been adopted have experienced trauma, whatever the details of their story, and trauma has a profound impact on brain development.

• Teenagers
• Understanding Adolescence

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The first 1000 days of a child’s life are often heralded as being the most significant, in no small part because of what is happening in the brain.

• Teenagers
• Understanding Adolescence

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It is well-evidenced that trauma has a deep-rooted impact on our emotional, physical, and social development, which can impede our ability to navigate the world and feel safe.

• National Refugee Week
• Teenagers
• Unaccompanied minors
• Advocacy

Articles

Teenagers in care are 80% more likely than the national average to have two or more changes of home in a year.

• Teenagers
• Five Star
• Advocacy

Stories

Dave shares his family story of welcoming in a teenage foster daughter

• Teenagers

Articles

Home for Good is passionate about finding a home for every child, at every age.

• Teenagers

Articles

Older children in care are the fastest growing cohort of children and yet too many children who age out of the care system in England every year are doing so without a family to belong to.

• Teenagers
• Advocacy