How Do I Teach Safety Skills to a Foster Teen Without Being Overprotective? - Weekend Wisdom

Podcast: Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care · Creating a Family

Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! How can you build safety skills for foster teens without becoming so protective that they feel you don’t trust them? Older youth who have experienced neglect, unsafe adults, exploitation, family disruption, or other trauma may need extra help learning to recognize risk and make safe choices as they gain independence. In this Weekend Wisdom episode, we share practical ways to build relational safety, practice decision-making before a crisis, set clear expectations without making them feel controlling, talk about friendships, dating, peer pressure, and online safety, and surround teens wit...