Is Therapeutic Parenting the Answer in Fostering & Adoption?
Is therapeutic parenting the answer in fostering and adoption? #fostering #adoption #fostercare #socialwork #therapeuticparenting #belongts
Continue readingTherapeutic Parents vs Non-Therapeutic Services
How does being a therapeutic parent work when other, often non-therapeutic, services and professionals are involved in the care of your children?
This blog post explores the difficulties that arise when parenting children who need additional support.
Therapeutic Parenting in a Non-Therapeutic World
When we try to parent therapeutically, we do so within the context of the world in which we live. But how helpful is this? #fostering #fostercare #adoption
Continue readingIs Therapeutic Parenting the New Quest for Perfection?
Therapeutic parenting is often presented as the answer to the problems of fostered and adopted young people. But is it instead just another quest for parenting perfection? Might it be another way in which we increase parenting shame?
Continue readingTherapeutic Parenting – What Is It Really About?
‘Therapeutic parenting’ has become the buzz term within fostering and adoption in recent years. but what does it really mean? This post explores a definition that’s helpful to parents and involved professionals.
Continue readingIdentity: What Losing My Hair Has Taught Me About Fostering and Adoption.
Identity – what losing my hair taught me about #fostering and #adoption
Continue readingThe Honeymoon Period of Parents & Professionals in Fostering & Adoption
The Honeymoon Period of Parents & Professionals in Fostering & Adoption – because it’s not only the children who have them
#fostering #fostercare #adoption #belongts #socialwork
Continue readingNature, Nurture…. or Encoded Nurture?
Why is your child the way they are? Is it due to their genetics or their experiences? What difference can you as a foster or adoptive parent really make to the way their brain is wired?
Continue readingWhy We Must Discipline Children As Therapeutic Parents.
Discipline has become a dirty word in the therapeutic parenting world.
But here’s why I think it’s essential.
One Thing Your Child Really Needs
Since when did mobile phones and games consoles become a necessity? Here’s a what a child really needs in order not to feel neglected…..
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