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What Do You Need?

I took the kids camping all by myself this summer. Actually, a friend was there with her kids, and we were at a campsite in a town, but still...

Giving and receiving love may seem like an easy thing, but for many adopted and foster kids it is hard. They have given love to people only to have

When people hear our kids ask, "May I have a compromise?" they tend to look at us a bit funny. They seem completely confused when we respond to our

Parents can often feel pressure to respond to each of their children with 'sameness' instead of true 'fairness' based on individual needs and

The Whole Brain Child, by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., offers twelve revolutionary strategies to nurture your child’s

Parents often struggle to blend the parenting approach they used before they adopted with the trust-based parenting approach they are now using to

Trust-based parenting was developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis and focuses on the parent-child relationship. However, the principles and strategies that it

It was the third day in a row, or maybe the fourth. I don’t exactly recall. I do, however, vividly remember coming home from work and being met by my

Giving 'children from hard places' the gift of voice allows them to replace fear with trust. Giving them voice enables them to learn how to ask for

In order to truly understand children from hard places -- what they have experienced, the impact of those experiences and how we can help them heal