by Raising Relatives | Aug 16, 2024 | Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents
Are you helping or supporting your extended family? Are you raising a grandchild, niece, or family friend while the child’s parents get help? If so, you might be at risk for caregiver burnout. Caring for a child with significant learning challenges, problematic...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 16, 2024 | Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents
Raising a child who has experienced trauma is demanding, intensive work. You are thankful to offer your home as a safe landing place for this child. However, they have challenging behaviors, sleep disruptions, or other struggles. You know you need a break but...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 16, 2024 | Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents
When raising a loved one’s child, it’s easy to lose yourself in this child’s needs and forget to care well for yourself. You get focused on helping your grandchild succeed in school. You move things around your calendar to ensure they continue with...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 16, 2024 | Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents
Welcoming a loved one’s child into our homes is a gracious and hospitable act of support and care for their struggling family. However, we often forget that raising someone else’s child – even one related to you – can take an added toll on our hearts, minds, and...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 15, 2024 | Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents
As you learn more about how loss and grief impact your grandchildren (or nieces and nephews), hopefully, you are also learning the importance of taking care of yourself. When stepping in to care for vulnerable kids or family members in crisis, you may also be feeling...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 15, 2024 | Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents
Marriage or life partnership is hard work. Balancing your needs as an individual with the needs of your relationship requires attention to your schedules and developing habits to carve out the time to nurture this connection. When raising a grandchild, niece, or...
