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Helping Children and Teens Handle the Stress of Change
Change is a stressor that most humans need support to navigate. Your grandchild, niece, or cousin likely needs more than the average level of support. After all, they have experienced trauma, loss, and chaos at a young age before they’ve developed healthy coping...
8 Ways to Strengthen Attachment with Your Grandchild
When you are parenting a relative’s child, the process of building a healthy attachment might be more challenging than you expected it to be. Their history of chaos, loss, or trauma can leave them unable or unwilling to trust. However, creating a healthy attachment...
What is Parentification and What Can You Do About it?
When you welcome a group of siblings into your home after they have been removed from their birth family, one frequently takes on the role of substitute parent. The oldest child, typically the eldest girl, feels responsible for her younger siblings' well-being. In...
Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Drugs
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ADHD
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Disrupting Birth Order
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Helping A Child Heal from Sexual Abuse
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School Issues for Foster & Kinship Kids
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Technology/Internet and Our Kids
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Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents
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Relationship with Child’s Parent
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Working Together For the Good of the Child In Your Care
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Raising Adolescents (tweens/teens)
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Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment
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