How To Empower Your Child To Build Healthy Attachments
Children attach to a caregiver as a natural part of their development. A child will attach first with his or her mother, then the father, and then consistent caregivers such as a grandmother, big...
View ArticleThoughts On Hair Care And Support For Transracial Adoptees
We believe deeply in racial equality and listening to and learning from black voices who are illuminating the way for justice and understanding. As we continue to amplify and highlight black voices, we...
View ArticleHow To Prepare To Be A Foster Parent
Mike and I practically stumbled into foster care. Long story short, a friend of ours needed help, and to step in, we had to become licensed foster parents. We had no idea what we were getting into. We...
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How A Former Foster Youth Is Telling A Different Adoption Story
As we continue to amplify and highlight black voices, we are pleased to share a recent interview we did with Tori Peterson who is a former foster youth, now foster and adoptive mom. Tori Petersen is...
View ArticleHow To Empower Your Children To Face Difficult Situations
Foster care and adoption are difficult. There will be hard parts to our child’s story. It is inevitable. Our children will see some things in their past as normal and others as difficult. It isn’t for...
View ArticleRaising A Multi-Cultural Family: A Conversation With Keia Jones-Baldwin from...
This week we’re pleased to re-air an episode we did with Keia Jones-Baldwin from Raising Cultures. She’s here to talk about raising a multiracial family, the ups and downs of parenting, her brand new...
View ArticleShould I Adopt?
It’s a question that comes into our email, and social media, inboxes often. “Should I adopt?” We have some very specific answers to this question. I want to back up for a second and go back to the...
View ArticleWhat Do Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Need From Caregivers?
Children who have gone through significant childhood trauma see and experience the world differently. They also experience relationships differently. This begs the question: what do they need the most...
View ArticleWhy Traditional Parenting Methods Won’t Work With Children Who Have...
As a parent, you discover pretty quickly that the ways in which your parents parented you, won’t work with children who have a trauma history. Our entire approach must change. But how? Kristin and I...
View ArticleHow Should I Respond To People Who Praise Me For Adopting?
Oftentimes, outsiders looking in on the adoption journey can begin to hail you as a ‘hero’ or an ‘angel’ for choosing to adopt. It’s awkward. But sometimes, it’s unending. How then, should you respond?...
View ArticleHow To Become A Connected Parent
Have you ever wondered if there was some secret to forming a better connection with your child? In the midst of meltdowns, defiant behaviors, or dysregulation, wouldn’t it be nice if you had a script...
View ArticleThoughts On Hair Care And Support For Transracial Adoptees
We believe deeply in racial equality and listening to and learning from black voices who are illuminating the way for justice and understanding. As we continue to amplify and highlight black voices, we...
View ArticleHow To Prepare To Be A Foster Parent
So you’re starting out on the foster parenting journey. Or perhaps you’re stepping back into it. In any case, there are some important steps to take in order to be as prepared as you can be. Mike and I...
View ArticleHow A Former Foster Youth Is Telling A Different Adoption Story
As we continue to amplify and highlight black voices, we are pleased to share a recent interview we did with Tori Peterson who is a former foster youth, now foster and adoptive mom. Tori Petersen is...
View ArticleHow To Empower Your Children To Face Difficult Situations
In this world, our children will struggle, oftentimes more than typically developing children. How do we help them, or empower them, to face these difficult situations? Here are some tips… Foster care...
View ArticleRaising A Multi-Cultural Family: A Conversation With Keia Jones-Baldwin from...
We believe deeply in racial equality and listening to and learning from black voices who are illuminating the way for justice and understanding. That’s why we’re using our platform to amplify these...
View ArticleHow Can I Empower Children With Two Families To Embrace Their Own Identity?
Foster and adoptive families are far from the traditional family unit in many ways. The biggest difference is that our children come from two families. How do we help them embrace their own identity as...
View ArticleHow Can I Help My Child Process The Hard Parts Of Their Story?
At some point or another, children with a trauma history will begin to recount, remember, or talk about the hards parts of their story. How do we help them process through this? Here are some steps… On...
View ArticleWhat #BlackLivesMatter Means To A White Mom.
We’re a multi-racial family of 10. The events of these past few weeks have shaken us to the core. They’ve prompted fear in our children and left us broken and on edge as their parents. This is what...
View ArticleHow Will Understanding My Child’s Trauma Help Me As A Parent?
We have said this repeatedly over the past 5 years. When you gain an understanding of how trauma has changed your child, your entire parenting journey will change. Here’s why… I will never forget the...
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