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What Teens Need: Parenting Both the Inner Child and the Emerging Young Adult in Your Teenager
Am I doing anything right? This question could easily be muttered by my teenagers or by me. Daily. Hourly. Parenting teenagers is no easy feat, especially parenting teens with traumatic backgrounds. Learning to parent your teenager's inner child while they emerge as a young adult can help you navigate this difficult stage.
8 Reasons to Foster Teens
A common misconception of teenagers in foster care is they did something bad or wrong to end up there, but many teens end up in foster care at no fault of their own. Just like any other age group, teens in foster care want a secure, loving family. There are several benefits of becoming a foster parent that are unique to this age group.
Recommended Books about Foster Care and Adoption
Recommended Books about Foster Care and Adoption featuring books, workbooks, and resources for younger children and older children.Additional Resources
Foster Care and Adoption Children’s Booklist
In honor of National Foster Care month, we wanted to share a list of books and workbooks for youth in foster care or in adopted families that are a wonderful way for children to explore other people's life experiences, while at the same time seeing their own stories represented and know they are not alone in their feelings.
Family (Dys)Function: Navigating Family Dynamics in Foster and Adoptive Care
In the world of foster care, you will encounter more family dynamics than you even knew existed. This isn’t always because these families are broken, sometimes we distance ourselves from family members who have emotionally or otherwise harmed us. How do you navigate all of this? Foster and Adoptive Parent Cherie Johnson shares tips and guidance to help you navigate a variety of family dynamic situations.
How to Thank A Social Worker
March is recognized annually as National Social Worker Month. Social workers are true advocates for the youth and families they serve. Here are some ways you can meaningfully recognize a social worker in your life.
The Village That Holds Us Up: Social Worker Appreciation
Social workers have very thankless jobs, but very meaningful and important jobs. Cherie Johnson, Nexus-Kindred Foster and Adoptive Parent, shares her experience with and appreciation for Nexus Family Healing social workers.
How Will I Ever Find the Time To Connect With Each of My Kids?!
Our youngest daughter was acting out at school, and she is usually our most angelic child, the one we rarely worry would misbehaving. Naturally, we were concerned for her and a bunch of questions and scenarios jumped to mind. And then it hit me… How would I know the answer to any of these questions if I can’t even remember the last time I had concentrated one-on-one time with her?
Through the Eyes of a Foster Parent: What I Didn’t Know About RAD, and What I’m Still Learning
A foster parent shares her family's journey with reactive attachment disorder. Reactive attachment disorder is a rare but serious condition in which an infant or young child doesn't establish healthy attachments with parents or caregivers, often developed from early trauma.
What Teens Need: Parenting Both the Inner Child and the Emerging Young Adult in Your Teenager
Am I doing anything right? This question could easily be muttered by my teenagers or by me. Daily. Hourly. Parenting teenagers is no easy feat, especially parenting teens with traumatic backgrounds. Learning to parent your teenager's inner child while they emerge as a young adult can help you navigate this difficult stage.
Adoption Necessities
Through the journey of knowledge, bravery, and strength, the child and adoptive family make a significant and meaningful impact on one another. The child and adoptive family allow for vulnerability in getting to know each other and open their hearts to begin a new chapter together.
