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Foster Parent Tip for Diagon Alley – Kids with Sensory Issues

Sensing Something Wrong Many foster and adoptive parents have to cope with sensory issues with their children. What is the deal with sensory issues? Essentially children living life with sensory issue...

I Solemnly Swear I’m Up To No Good, And When To Manage Your Mischief.

Confession: I was a bit wild as a teenager. In fact, in some cases, I was the friend your parents warned you about. I cursed like a sailor, smoked cigarettes, told jokes most people would get slapped ...

Chapter 14 – Are You Being Realistic? – Parent Discussion

“I’ve decided to call him Norbert,” said Hagrid, looking at the dragon with misty eyes. “He really knows me now, watch. Norbert! Norbert! Where’s Mummy?” “He&...

Chapter 9 – Kid Discussion – Family members protect each other

Are we the only ones that are upset with Malfoy? I mean it’s bad enough that Neville is having such a rough time at school without getting bullied by another Hogwarts student. We really wished t...

Chapter 6 – Parent Discussion – Have Fun With Your Friends.

In Chapter 6 of The Sorcerer’s Stone we are finally getting to see Harry off to Hogwarts and away from his dreadful life at the Dursleys’ home. This section again fills the senses with del...

Chapter 6 – Kid Discussion – Who should you be friends with?

  Harry is finally going to Hogwarts and getting to eat as much candy as he wants. I have to admit that I want to try a pumpkin pasty. One thing that our whole family agrees on is that Bertie Bot...

Chapter 4 – Parent Discussion – How are you parenting? Like a Dursley or Hagrid?

The beginning of chapter 4 is one of my fears. No! I don’t have a fear of my children finding out that they are wizards. I am a bit scared of having my wife nudging me in the middle of the night...

Chapter 4 – Kid Discussion – My home is exciting… or maybe I’m confused

I think we can all agree that Harry’s life up until this point had been a sad life. However, with the fall of a door at the beginning of this chapter it appears that interesting things are about...

Are My Parents Hiding Something? – Chapter 3 – Kid Discussion

       Can you believe what has happened to Harry Potter thus far? Can you believe that Aunt Petunia was going to make him wear those gross, nasty clothes? All of these bad things keep happe...