Holidays with adopted kids or kids who struggle with ADHD, ODD and other disorders can be SUPER stressful. That’s why, for two days only, I’m GIVING away my Stress Free Holiday E-book. Get strategies to help your kids this Christmas season and make things go much more smoothly. Put your name and email address in [...]
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. We sat down with the kids and watched an old Little House on the Prairie Holiday Special. In it, Ma described her first Christmas as a 10 year old girl having lost her father and living with a new step father. Her step father was actually a kind man but young Caroline [...]
“I want it!” The screaming from down the hall became more intense as I made may way from the opposite end of the house. “What is going on?” I asked. Surveying the scene I noticed the tell tale signs of a meltdown as I observed my nine year old son sprawled out on the floor, [...]
Adoption is such a paradox. Birth family loses child, child loses birth family, adoptive family gains child, child gains family, adoptive family may suffer from infertility (loss) and yet, they gain immeasurable joy from their adopted child. Joy and pain, all mixed up together in one package. More than likely, the adoptive family will be [...]
Imagine you have a four year old son who is happy and healthy. One day he is playing in your yard and suddenly he is kidnapped and subsequently mistreated for the next three years. When the police finally track him down he has endured horrors you don’t even want to think of. The seven year [...]