by Raising Relatives | Jul 12, 2024 | ADHD
Many kids struggle to stay focused and attend to tasks. As they grow and learn new organizational skills that work for them, they often grow out of their distractibility. However, struggles with organization and staying on task can typically last much longer for a...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 12, 2024 | Disrupting Birth Order
Blending a family of your children with a grandchild, niece, or nephew can involve raising children out of birth order. Your nephew may be older than your oldest child, or your granddaughter may now be the middle child of the kids living in your home. Do you wonder...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 12, 2024 | Disrupting Birth Order
You and the members of your family have significant changes ahead to consider. Your grandchildren (or nieces and nephews or siblings) are coming to live with you for a while because their parents cannot keep them safe right now. However, it’s critical to...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 11, 2024 | Disrupting Birth Order
Welcoming another child to your home, whether a grandchild, cousin or other loved one, can change how you relate to each other. It can create significant stress for all the children. There are practical suggestions you can try to help everyone in the family settles...
by Raising Relatives | Jun 28, 2024 | Articles, Challenging Behaviors
The coming of spring is a beautiful transition from winter’s darker, gloomier days. Your grandchild might have struggled over the winter months with cabin fever. Feeling antsy and acting out from their restlessness is not uncommon for kids, significantly if they...
