I know that the topic of self-care is a hot button issue. Everybody’s talking about self-care, make sure you do your self-care, self-care, self-care, self-care. And honestly, it made me mad for a long time because I felt like I was taking care of myself. Get off my...
So last time I talked about sharing your child’s story with them. And I realized that I had not done as well with our son as I had thought. There are definitely some difficult details that I knew I needed to share, but it occurred to me after listening to a talk at...
Recently, I attended a support group meeting in which the topic for the night was sharing your child’s story with them. At the risk of sounding overly-confident, before I went, I felt like I had done a pretty good job of things. But, as often happens when I am...
If you’ve read my blogs previously, you might know that for the past two posts, I have discussed the power of the outdoors and the power of water. I’d like to add to this “power” list, if I may, by discussing the power of heavy work. Now I’ll be the first to admit...
Last time I touched on the theory that when children are struggling, you take them outside or put them in water. I talked in depth about the power of outdoors last time so this time I want to talk about putting kids in water or using water to help them re-regulate....
Back when my biological kids were toddlers, someone very wise told me that when the kids are dysregulated (often in the window after nap but before dinner) you should take them outside or put them in water. To be clear, she didn’t use the word “dysregulated” because...
“More than three years before Zion Christopher was born, I had a recurring dream that someone would entrust us with their baby boy,” Shalonda, an adoptive parent with Firefly said. Shalonda and James have been married for 25 years and have parented 6 children...
