Nature, 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?
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Why 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…..
Continue readingTaking Childless Holidays as Foster-Adopt Parents
I love holidays but as a foster-adopt parent I have found myself on many occasions defending my choice to occasionally holiday without my child. This blog post and video explain why holiday with my kids aren’t a break for me.
Continue reading10 Bonding Issues for Foster & Adoptive Parents
Bonding with a fostered or adopted child isn’t easy. Here are 10 factors that might cause issues for parents #fostering #fostercare #adoption
Continue readingBarriers to Bonding
This post considers the many barriers there might be for parents to bond with their children. This is helpful for us to think about when parenting fostered or adopted children and considering their relationships with their birth parents. #fostering #fostercare #adoption
Continue readingLet’s Talk About Bonding (and not just attachment)
This post argues that we need to start talking about bonding and not just attachment in therapeutic fostering and adoption. The question is, do you know the difference?
Continue readingHow Fostering and Adoption Traumatised Me.
I believe that I have experienced trauma as a result of being a foster and adoptive parent. This post explores the issues of living alongside a child with difficult life experiences and considers what the impact may be for their parent. #fostering #fostercare #adoption
Continue readingHow To Begin To Heal Emotional Trauma
Are there ways that we can think positively about trauma? Will doing so enable us to move forward toward healing. Here’s 5 questions that might help.
Continue readingWhat is Developmental Trauma?
Developmental Trauma is currently the diagnosis in fostering and adoption that doesn’t actually exist. So what is it and how might politics be effecting young people with it from getting support? #fostering #fostercare #adoption
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