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Helping our kids where they’re at: Emotional regression can actually be positive

“Act your age!!” We’ve all either heard this, said this or been on the receiving end of this exclamation when we were younger. Perhaps we...

Helping our kids where they’re at: What to do when they regress emotionally . . .

I used to direct an internship program at a long-term residential facility for older adolescents, ages 16 to 21. Most all of them had...

CHILDHOOD FEARS (part 2) . . . Does your child have “food fears?”

Food issues are not uncommon for foster and adopted children. Fixation on food hoarding, over eating, hypervigilance about having enough...

CHILDHOOD FEARS . . . and how to help your child handle them (part 1)

Children from traumatic backgrounds often deal with a lot of chronic fear—fear of the unknown, fear of not having enough, fear of the...

MELTDOWNS! (part 3—conclusion): more helpful info . . .

As I mentioned previously, a child’s emotional meltdowns are often connected with change. This is especially true with children who have...

MELTDOWNS! . . . and how to deal with them . . .

Almost every parent has faced dealing with their child’s temper meltdowns. Whether it’s the “terrible twos” or the “terrible...

Self-Care—A Priority for Adoptive and Foster Parents . . .

Self-care is a must for adoptive and foster dads and moms. Granted, this is sometimes easier said than done. However, it must be a...

From time to time I like to recommend helpful resources to those of you readers of my posts.

There are a ton of reading resources out there for adoptive parents. Below I’ve listed several of what I think are among the best. We...

The Critical Importance of Human Touch (Part 2) . . .

Did you know that our skin is the largest organ in our body? I never thought about the skin as an organ, but it really is. We’ve all...

The Critical Importance of Human Touch (part 1) . . .

If you’re like me, you have really missed the close physical contact with family and close friends during this seemingly endless season...

EXPECTATIONS . . .

As adoptive parents, we have high hopes for our child(ren). This of course, is normal, as it would be also with our biological children....

Sensory overload!!

Many years ago when our now 32-year-old son was only seven, I took him to Wal-Mart for the first time, only about a week after we adopted...