Wise Thoughts From A Clever Foster – Adoptive Mom
Exercise Can Trigger Past Trauma in Foster & Adoptive Kids. What?!
Parents of traumatized children often find themselves in the role of detective, investigating the why’s of a sudden outburst of negative behavior. What led their child to be functioning well one...
Easy-To-Make Wooden Airplanes and Catapults
We all have times at home with our kids where we wish we had quick and easy ideas to keep everyone occupied and an activity that would allow the family to do something together without turning on the ...
Choose Video Games for Success and Not Fear: Foster & Adoptive Family Tips
Fear. While it has the potential to keep us safe, it also has the potential for us, parents, to be make decisions which are not beneficial or which can at least stunt positive improvement for us, our ...
Parenting Traumatized Children with Developmental Differences: Adoption and Foster Care
Grade: Transfiguring Adoption awarded this book 4 Hoots out of 5 based on how useful it will be for a foster/adoptive family. [Learn more about our Hoot grading system here] From the Cover of Parentin...
Gift Foster and Adoptive Kids Shared Family Experiences For Christmas
I remember the first Christmas as a foster dad. My wife and I of course went overboard with getting too many presents for the kids in our home. Not to mention that CASA workers, agency workers, and An...
Our DIY Farmhouse Table
Before moving from Tennessee to Florida last year (a whole year since we closed on May 4th…so hard to believe!), we sold our dining room set. It had seen 17 years of use and 3 moves but w...
3 Types of Media Every Foster and Adoptive Home Must Have
We are increasingly surrounded by all types of media in our world. Finding media that is beneficial (or simply not harmful) can be challenging. Our major goal is to make locating media that can...
Autism on the Seas: Vacationing with a Family Member with Special Needs
It was our first family vacation as foster parents…our first vacation as parents at all for that matter! We arrived at our destination after about a six hour drive, the vacation hadn’t eve...
Should My Child Have Been Adopted?: Questions We Should Be Asking
A couple weeks ago, the movie Instant Family was released on iTunes, and Darren and I watched it for the first time. The story is based on the experiences of the producer and his wife and other famili...