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Hosting Family For The Holidays With Adopted Children
Guest Blog by Maxine Chalker Thanksgiving is fast approaching and families across the country are preparing for a day filled with food, family and gratitude. Holidays should be a time of joy, but for ...
Make Pumpkin Pie Squares with the Grandkids – Thanksgiving Treat
Happy Thanksgiving! Do you have pumpkin pie for dessert at your Thanksgiving Feast? Because Grandma’s patience isn’t as great as it used to be, helping little ones roll out a pie crust is not a good o...
Foster Care and Adoption: 6 Things We Would Have Done Differently
This November it has been eight years since our first two kiddos were brought to our door and we plunged into the journey of parenting. We have certainly learned a lot in those eight years! We often g...
The Simple Guide to Child Trauma
From the Cover of The Simple Guide to Child Trauma: What It Is and How to Help by Betsy de Thierry: “What is trauma? How does it affect children? How can adults help? Providing straightforward a...
Common Fears & Anxieties Parents Can Face During The Adoption Process
Adoption involves taking responsibility of caring for a child and ensuring that the child is raised in a loving home. “Adoptions From The Heart” states that choosing to adopt is a h...
Happy Adoption Day
Grade: Transfiguring Adoption awarded this book [#] 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 Happy ...
I Need My Monster
Grade: Transfiguring Adoption awarded this book 3 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 I Need M...
Access Denied
From the Cover of Access Denied by Katherine Reddick, Ph.D.: “Access Denied follows a woman’s lifelong transformation from a small girl escaping a life destined for crime, ignorance, and g...
Prepare For Successful Holidays – Online Panel Discussion
Studies and professionals will tell you that kids from traumatic backgrounds do best with routine. Therefore, when holidays approach and threaten to throw that routine off balance, undesirable behavio...