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Practical Ways to Partner with Family and Friends To Raise This Child

Practical Ways to Partner with Family and Friends To Raise This Child

by Raising Relatives | Dec 2, 2025 | Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment

When you step in to raise your relative’s child, as an auntie, grandmother, older cousin, or another trusted family member, you give that child something priceless: safety, steadiness, and love. But most of these kids also have others who care deeply about them....
Have Some Winter Fun and Build Connection with Your Relative Tween or Teen

Have Some Winter Fun and Build Connection with Your Relative Tween or Teen

by Raising Relatives | Dec 2, 2025 | Raising Adolescents (tweens/teens), Supporting Healthy Relationships/Attachment

Do you ever catch yourself singing “Rockin’ around the Christmas tree…” and halfway through realize your tween or teen grandchild is doing their own version behind you, complete with lip-syncing, eye-rolling, but they’re secretly smiling too? That little burst of...
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