https://belongts.com/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:41:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.belongts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Belong-2-1-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://belongts.com/ 32 32 140744513 How We Turned Our Son’s Food Issues Into His Career! https://belongts.com/food-issues/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:44:50 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=931 Food is a big issue for many children with difficult life experiences.
This post is all about how we helped our son Shane turn his food issues into a career in catering.
I hope it is really helpful to you.

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]]> 931 Lockdown: Positives for Foster & Adoptive Families https://belongts.com/lockdown/ https://belongts.com/lockdown/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://belongts.com/?p=1242 Lockdown presents many challenges for foster and adoptive families.
However, some families are thriving at this time. This post explores the positives of lockdown and asks what we can learn from this experience.

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]]> https://belongts.com/lockdown/feed/ 0 1242 10 Ways to Help Children Worried About Coronavirus https://belongts.com/coronavirus/ https://belongts.com/coronavirus/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2020 14:59:41 +0000 https://belongts.com/?p=1226 Is your child worried about Covid-19? Are you struggling to know how best to support them with their concerns? This post by a therapist and adoptive parent offers ideas that may help.

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]]> https://belongts.com/coronavirus/feed/ 0 1226 5 Reasons Santa May Be Scary for Foster-Adopt Children https://belongts.com/santa/ https://belongts.com/santa/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=597 Santa: Happy, jolly man who brings you gifts or man to fear?

Read this post about how the magic of Christmas may be an issue within fostering and adoption.

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]]> https://belongts.com/santa/feed/ 0 597 10 Reasons School Festive Fun is Difficult for Foster-Adopt Children https://belongts.com/school-xmas/ https://belongts.com/school-xmas/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=594 Nativity plays, carol concerts and christmas bake sales have to be better than english and maths lessons, right?
Not necessarily for traumatised children. Read this post to discover where the difficulties may lie and how we can work with that therapeutically.

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]]> https://belongts.com/school-xmas/feed/ 0 594 That Time I Thought Attachment Theory Was Nonsense! https://belongts.com/attachment-nonsense/ https://belongts.com/attachment-nonsense/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:53:39 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=935 Two years before I began fostering, I was working with a young girl in a children’s home who had a diagnosis of ‘attachment disorder’.  The home was a standard local authority run residential.  As such,

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]]> https://belongts.com/attachment-nonsense/feed/ 0 935 The Myths About Foster Parents and Fair Pay https://belongts.com/the-myths-about-foster-parents-and-fair-pay/ https://belongts.com/the-myths-about-foster-parents-and-fair-pay/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:40:51 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=927 Should foster parents receive fair pay and worker rights in the UK? Who is really making the money from our fostering system?
Warning, this post get political!

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]]> https://belongts.com/the-myths-about-foster-parents-and-fair-pay/feed/ 0 927 The Trauma Of Coming Out As LGBTQ To Our Children. https://belongts.com/coming-out/ https://belongts.com/coming-out/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2019 20:42:51 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=929 On Thursday of this week it’s ‘National Coming Out Day’. Did you know that? Yep. Apparently we need a day in the calendar in which to tell our loved ones about our gender and sexual

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]]> https://belongts.com/coming-out/feed/ 0 929 A New Online Shop for Foster and Adoptive Parents and Professionals https://belongts.com/a-new-online-shop-for-foster-and-adoptive-parents-and-professionals/ https://belongts.com/a-new-online-shop-for-foster-and-adoptive-parents-and-professionals/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000 https://belongts.com/?p=1019 Belong is getting an online shop! For a long time now (2yrs!) I’ve wanted to add a shop to the Belong website and finally it’s here!  Why a shop? I get many requests for my books from all

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]]> https://belongts.com/a-new-online-shop-for-foster-and-adoptive-parents-and-professionals/feed/ 0 1019 The Transition Object That Didn’t Get Confiscated in School https://belongts.com/the-transition-object-that-didnt-get-confiscated-in-school/ https://belongts.com/the-transition-object-that-didnt-get-confiscated-in-school/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=887 Ahh, the return to school. Welcomed by so many parents after the long summer break, but bringing with it a new set of issues to work on.
In today's vlog I'm going to talk to you about the transition object that best supported my son in school.
#fostering #fostercare #adoption

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