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Understanding the Impact of Foster Care and Adoption on Children Already in the Home
There are a number of concerns for which foster/adoptive parents should be intentionally aware….
Why Children Need to Know Their Adoption Story
Experts cite four compelling reasons why children need to know their adoption story….
The Power of Family Secrets
Secrets are powerful tools often used to hide a family’s potentially embarrassing or shameful event. But when discovered, family secrets can destroy the love….
A Tool for Telling a Child’s Life Story
There are many creative ways for adoptive parents to share their child’s adoption story. Telling the story should not be a one-time event but an ongoing process as the child grows….
“No One Loves Me”: Changing a Child’s Belief System from the Inside Out
Our belief system, how we think about ourselves, our relationships and the world around us, becomes the very powerful core of who we are….
“Bring Me the Football” The Power of Healing Connections
Often, children don’t have words to express their needs, so they use their behavior. As a parent or teacher, we usually go directly to the behavior, not realizing there is a meaning behind it….
Telling the Truth to Your Child: Helping Your Child Come to a Strength-based Understanding of His Story
Children are not solely responsible for asking; parents and caregivers are responsible for telling. Children often believe they are being disloyal to the adoptive family when….
What Does It Take to be A Foster/Adoptive Parent? Five Characteristics in Becoming a Trauma Competent Healing Parent
Early traumatic events change children at the core of their being. A healing parent understands that….
Presence Matters: Any Foster/Adoptive Parent Can Do This
These actions have a powerful biblical parallel in that Jesus starts his redemptive work in each of us by first….
“Don’t Tell Me to Take a Walk”: What Really is Self-Care?
Before we look at the holistic pieces of self-care, it is necessary to confront the lie: Self-care is selfish….
Understanding Childhood Trauma Changes Everything
As a first step in helping our children heal, it is critically important that foster and adoptive parents….
Why children who have been adopted need to know their story — and how to tell it
So much damage can be done when the truth is concealed — even if it’s an attempt to protect….
God’s Message About Your Child’s Life Story
Every adopted child has a story and that story will influence others. Some of the events of a child’s life….