Wise Thoughts From A Clever Foster – Adoptive Mom
Creating Compassionate Foster Care
From the Cover of Creating Compassionate Foster Care: Lessons of Hope from Children and Families in Crisis by Janet C. Mann, and Dr. Molly Kretchmar-Hendricks: “Inspired by over 20 years of work with ...
Get Kids To Sit In A Chair With Leg Fidgets
It’s been a long time since we have reviewed a fidget, and truthfully, we haven’t tried anything new in a while until recently. We have a couple kiddos (foster and adoptive) in our ...
Fostering Again…Oh, the Differences!
After a four and a half year period of not being licensed for foster care, we are back at it. We started out intending to do respite care only in order to give breaks to other foster parents, however,...
Care For Yourself: Harmony Family Center’s Adoptive Mom’s Retreat
One of the most vital aspects of being a caregiver of any kind is carving out time to care for yourself. We liken it to being on an airplane that’s going down. Adults must put their masks on fir...
What I Hate Most (Today) About Foster Care: 5 Things to Do About It
At this point in our society, foster care is at times necessary to keep kids safe, and when implemented and utilized correctly, foster care can yield success. But, it is always, at least to some exten...
Fidget Spinners – True Fidgets or Simply Toys
Fidget spinners have become the desire of kids of all ages across the United States, inundating checkout lanes and mall kiosks. Having started as a simple contraption, they are now being sold in light...
The Diagnosis Dilemma: 4 Purposes for Diagnosing a Child
Experience Morph’s One’s Ideology Experience morphs one’s ideology. This is so true in parenting. We come to parenthood with all types of ideas and theories. We plan to parent certai...
23 Year Old Adoptee Shows Up At Birth Father’s Home: The Importance of Identity
An Adoptee’s Search For Identity & An Unannounced Visit Elijah Thomas could be like just like you. He is a 23 year old actor and musician with hopes, dreams and aspirations. He has taken on ...
A Seasonal Craft for Foster and Adoptive Families
I’ll be the first to admit that I hate doing crafts with kids. Our house is full of people and gets cluttered quickly. I find myself struggling to find places for all the crafts kids do. ...