Category Archives: Foster Children

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The Monster in the File Cabinet

We just need to do something different. I got a call from a mom who [...]

02
Oct
Be the Calm

Being the calm in the storm of our children’s life is one of the greatest [...]

30
Jan
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The Attachment Dance Exercise

Any time you interact with anyone you care about — you do a subtle attachment [...]

10
Nov
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What Age is Our Parenting Approach Geared To?

Parents sometime ask us about age for a love based parenting approach. Although your approach [...]

09
Jul
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On Healing Trauma

Trauma is defined as any stressful event which is prolonged, overwhelming, or unpredictable. In his [...]

25
May
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Adoption Versus Adoptive: Labels Can Hurt or Help

This excerpt is taken from Module 1 of the 16 Week A-Z Parenting I was [...]

11
May
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Giving Unconditional Love Even When It’s Not Easy

 Kenneth Ginsburg M.D. wrote an article for Psychology Today titled Giving Unconditional Love Even When [...]

06
Apr
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What is the greatest gift you can give your children?

We often think about giving to our children, our loved ones, but perhaps less about [...]

02
Apr
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Anger: Don’t Suppress, Express!

We had a mom tell us what happened when she “let her daughter give it [...]

30
Mar
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Would You Go This Far for Your Child?

New paradigm parenting requires, well, a new model of doing, thinking, evaluating, appreciating, considering parenting [...]

16
Mar