foster parents

5 Ways for Kids to Make Friends – Chapter 6 – Kids’ Discussion

What do you think of Gilderoy Lockhart? I’m not sure that our family has met anyone that would love to invite him over for dinner. Have you noticed how everyone is treating him. Professor Sprout...

3 Ways for Kids to React to a Meltdown – Chapter 5 – Kids’ Discussion

There are some unbelievable things happening in this story. Nothing seems to be going according to plan. First off Harry and the Weasleys have a hard time getting to King’s Cross Station because...

The Institutionalization of Children – Effects I Saw Firsthand – Chapter 13 – Parent Discussion

A couple months ago I was looking around on Twitter and saw a Tweet about Lumos, a charity started by J.K. Rowling. A quick read of the article informed me that the goal of Lumos is to end the institu...

A Father and Child Reunion? – Should I Seek Out My Birth Father?

Instead of my regularly scheduled blogging, I am going to talk a bit about some decisions I have made lately. I recently joined some face book groups for adoptees, including one that has many people t...

Who are your REAL parents?

Last week, hundreds of people in Ohio lined up to get a copy of their original birth certificates. This might not sound like a big deal to a lot of people, but to those who were a part of a closed ado...

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 10 – Blending a Family – Parent Discussion

  Coming Together to Make a Unit Chapter 10 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling ends with a brilliant quote: “There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each o...

Chapter 7 – Kid Discussion – The First Night is the Scariest.

Well we have finally made it inside Hogwarts and are ready to see what house Harry is sorted into. If you are like our family, we knew that Harry would not be sorted into Slytherin the whole time. We ...

Chapter 1 Parent Discussion – The Untold Dursley Story or Foster Parent Encouragement

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley were perfectly normal. Seriously, they are normal white collar, middle class people. Most fans of the Harry Potter series see them as the evil adoptive parents of Harry Potter. Ho...