by Raising Relatives | Apr 22, 2026 | Challenging Behaviors, Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse, Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment
Caring for your grandchild, niece, nephew, or cousin can bring powerful emotions to the surface for everyone involved. This may be especially true when this child has experienced stress, trauma, or big life changes before joining your home. Many caregivers want to...
by Raising Relatives | Apr 22, 2026 | Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse, Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment, Working Together For the Good of the Child In Your Care
When a child needs family to step in, many relatives answer that call with love. In many homes, the women (grandmothers, aunts, and older sisters) do much of the daily care. But children also need men in their lives. Fathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, and other...
by Raising Relatives | Mar 24, 2026 | ADHD, Challenging Behaviors, Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse, Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment
Sleep struggles are common among families raising grandchildren, nephews and nieces, or other relatives. When a child wakes often or comes into your room every night, everyone feels it. Lack of sleep can affect everyone: moods focus behavior patience at home family...
by Raising Relatives | Mar 6, 2026 | Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse, Relationship with Child’s Parent, Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment
When you step up to help raise a child from your family, you already share a history, relationships, and deep connections. In many Native communities, children are often cared for by a circle of relatives who help guide and protect them. However, when a child cannot...
by Raising Relatives | Feb 17, 2026 | Challenging Behaviors, Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse, Raising Adolescents (tweens/teens), Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment
Raising a tween or teen relative in your home can feel very different from caring for a younger child. Bodies are changing, emotions can feel bigger, and independence starts to matter more. For relative caregivers — grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, or...
by Raising Relatives | Feb 5, 2026 | Challenging Behaviors, Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse, Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment
Sometimes, the children in your care may feel sad or worried because of leaving their familiar setting, their parents’ struggles, or relationships at home, school, or with friends. Those feelings can be quite developmentally normal. But when sadness or worry lasts a...
