“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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

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...