You Don’t Suck At Parenting (As Much As You Think You Do)
Think you are a horrible parent? Before I started training foster parents, I worked for the Fostering Together program, supporting and recruiting foster parents in our area. One day, a local foster parent contacted me with some struggles she was having with a... Read more
How to Overcome Bitterness and Anger Toward Your Child
2 Simple, but challenging, techniques to help you?overcome bitterness and anger toward your child It was a beautiful day outside as I drove down to Wales, Wisconsin, but inside my heart was hardening and bitter. I was on my way to pick up Rob (not his real name), one... Read more
How to be a bad adoptive parent: A lesson from Santa
Ever stopped and realized you had been a bad adoptive parent.?It hit me the other day. My 17-year-old son and I were cranking the Christmas tunes while running errands when Michael Bubl? started singing Santa Clause is Coming to Town. ?he knows if you?ve been bad or... Read moreGood things for “bad” kids, not such a bad idea.
In this live video recorded at University Village in Seattle, WA, Lynn chats about why we may need to throw out some ideas of justice and consequences to help children who have been through complex trauma. Some reasons to give good things to kids that have been... Read morePreventing Parent Burnout
In this video recording at Nurturing Attachments, Jennie Owens interviews therapist and author Deborah Gray while doing research for her upcoming book,?Dancing With a... Read more
“I Haven’t Given Up”
As we pulled out of the driveway, I was very aware of my bad attitude. I?d been giving and giving to my daughter, and the only thing she?d been giving back to me was sass and attitude. I knew that taking her to Sacramento for the Revolve Tour, a conference designed... Read more
Why does my child “pretend” to forget things she already knows?
If your child struggles with anxiety or has been through some tough stuff in their short life, you may have said this to yourself recently.
?She used to be able to do say the entire alphabet, now she messes up.?
?He will do it for his teacher, but not for me.?
?Yesterday he did his job, but today he pretends that he doesn?t know what to do.?
?She went for months without an accident, now she is wetting her pants every day.?
