LK: All children need to see all different types of families represented in books. MP: Why do children need books about the experience of foster care? So… I hope this book gives children and families hope. Finally, I worked with wonderful, caring foster parents, and I wanted to show the positive ways a person can impact another. I also wanted to offer emotion regulation strategies that any child might embrace. I longed to add some light to dark times, and highlight the incredible resilience and fortitude of the children with whom I’d worked. I wanted to write a book that not only paid homage to them, but also offered a way to help ALL children see their strengths. They struggled to make meaning out of their worlds and of themselves. For years, I worked with children in and out of foster care. Laura Kerstein: Hope inspired me to write Home for A While. Magination Press: What inspired you to write Home for A While? We interviewed her about creating Home for A While. Author Laura Kerstein wanted to show how respect, kindness, and understanding can help a child build resilience and recognize their strengths. The foster care experience can create feelings of uncertainty, mistrust, and inadequacy.
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