Guest Blogs
The Power of Play for Kids from Trauma Backgrounds
A Guest Blog from Jared & DeAnn Jennette – Embrace Parent Coaching When children from a traumatic background are brought into a foster/adoptive home, there are often so many areas of their l...
Holiday Traditions for Foster and Adoptive Families
A Guest Blog by Kristen Seguin In typical families the holidays can be both fun and challenging. The excitement of all the things that are part of Christmas – Santa Claus, baking cookies, visiti...
Necessary Traditions
A Guest Blog by Lynn Sollitto I have fond memories of Christmas traditions during my childhood. My mother made oyster stew each Christmas Eve, which I refused to eat, after which we got to open one gi...
Christmas Traditions for Foster and Adoptive Families
Christmas Traditions for Foster and Adoptive Families Christmas and holiday traditions for foster and adoptive families can be wonderful opportunities to connect with your child and communicate their ...
The Christmas Ornament Project
Christmas Ornaments Become A Trauma Trigger As I wrote about here, holidays are tough for trauma kids. I noticed after our first Christmas with our older kids, that tree trimming was a huge trigger be...
Helping A Foster Child At Christmas
Guest Blog by Dr. John DeGarmo Did you know that many children in foster care have never had a birthday celebrated in their name? Are you aware that hundreds of thousands of foster children have never...