Advocating for your child at school
An adoptive mother and educator shares strategies to help family members advocate for children.
Parenting
“Reinventing normal”: A Florida family adopts a teenager and a sibling pair
“I think we need to approach ‘normal’ differently…I’m glad to be able to play a part in readjusting how people view adopting older kids or adopting siblings…It can make a big impact.”
Keeping children you foster and adopt safe online
Insights from a digital forensic detective and other experts about the dangers posed to children online and techniques to help you protect your children.
Understanding children’s behavior and helping them heal
A therapist discusses some of the neurological causes of children’s behavior, sensory “triggers,” and ways of calming an upset child.
Helping children in foster care understand their history
In this guest post, an adoptive parent and social worker offers suggestions for how to help children of all ages understand their past and the circumstances that brought them into care.
Maintaining a strong relationship when fostering
In this guest post, a mother who has been fostering for more than three decades describes the ways that she and her husband have worked hard to remain good friends and partners who “love each other, like each other, and respect each other.”