by Raising Relatives | Dec 19, 2024 | Challenging Behaviors, Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse, Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Drugs
Many of the children you are raising have experienced painful losses or abuse. Others were exposed during pregnancy to alcohol or drugs. Still, others have both of those challenges in their history and are living with the impacts today. Those impacts may show up in...
by Raising Relatives | Dec 19, 2024 | Challenging Behaviors, Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse
Anger is a normal human emotion, but it can be scary for many of us to express or manage. When a child grows up with unsafe expressions of anger, or when they are no taught appropriate ways to work through their angry feelings, they may bubble over and act out anger...
by Raising Relatives | Dec 19, 2024 | Challenging Behaviors
When your grandchild or nephew spirals out of control or has a temper tantrum, it’s easy to lose your cool and join the chaos, isn’t it? After all, as Dr. Bruce Perry frequently says, “dysregulation is contagious!” So how can you stay calm,...
by Raising Relatives | Sep 10, 2024 | Challenging Behaviors, Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse
Many young children feel free and safe to approach strangers with smiles and waves. They have not yet processed the “stranger danger” conversations that parents and caregivers will dole out over the coming years. They are curious, innocent, and trusting....
by Raising Relatives | Jul 15, 2024 | Challenging Behaviors
When parenting a grandchild, niece, or nephew who has experienced trauma, the balance of structure and nurture can be difficult to manage. The goal is to maintain the vital connections of trust, safety, and confidence the child feels in your home while helping them...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 15, 2024 | Challenging Behaviors
Parenting young kids today is quite different from when you were raising your children. Schools demand more connection between home and teachers. Phones, tablets, and laptops are the norm, even for preschool or early elementary-aged kids. And it probably feels like...
