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4 Tips To Help Foster and Adoptive Children with Boundaries
When a child is born, caregivers determine where the child will go. The child’s domain usually consists of a crib, the arms of caregivers and loved ones, or a place they are buckled into ...
Adopting the Hurt Child
From the Cover of Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids by Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D, and Regina M. Kupecky, LSW: “Fewer and fewer families adopting today are able to br...
The Connected Child
From the Cover of The Connected Child by Karen Purvis, Ph.D., David Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy Lyons Sunshine: “The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adopt...
Chapter 7 – 3 Ways Foster Kids Get Hurt From Stereotypes – Kids’ Discussion
Mudblood, Retard and Foster Kids We’re in chapter 7 of Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets, and our family is not enjoying Draco Malfoy at all. At this point he is just so easy to dislike. I...
Adoptive Kids Need To Adopt A Pygmy Puff At Universal Studios Orlando
Remember When You Were A Kid? Almost everyone had that favorite stuffed animal when they were a kid. It was the toy that you cared about so much that it was almost real to you. For me it was a Cabbage...
What Foster & Adoptive Families Need To Learn From This Brave Mother
A Final Piece of Wisdom from my Mother My mom was (IS) my superhero. She got this title during her four and a half year battle with cancer. She was diagnosed in Fall 2009. I moved home from college at...
Because I’m Happy!
Ok, it’s a catchy tune. Right now I am singing this silly song that gets stuck in my head every time I hear it. Let’s all sing it together: “Because I’m happy Clap along if you...
Chapter 17 – Choosing the Best – Kid Discussion
We have made it through Harry Potter’s first big adventurous year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. What was your favorite part of this chapter? We can’t believe that Harry ac...
Chapter 12 – The Mirror of Erised – Parents’ Discussion
This chapter is entitled The Mirror of Erised, a mirror which Harry encounters while wandering the castle when he was supposed to have been in bed. He looks into the mirror and sees his parents in the...
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