I’ll be speaking at the Christian Legal Society National Conference in Boston about how churches can support foster families. If you are in the area on October 7, 2023, please come by and join the conversation.

I often hear questions from single people who are interest in being foster parents, but who are worried about whether a single parent can realistically foster. My experience is that single parents can be excellent foster parents. I started out as a single foster mom, and then after I married, I again fostered with my husband...