HuffPost – March 5, 2014 by Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – Moving out of impoverished neighborhoods has different effects on the mental health of boys compared to girls, and those repercussions need to be better understood before tinkering with...
The Spruce – April 4, 2017 by Carrie Craft Your Role as Mom or Dad So, you’ve gone from an empty house to a full one. Now what? When it comes to foster and or adopting a child, especially an older child – setting roles, rules, and boundaries can be...
Understanding Teenagers – November 30, 2017 One of my axioms about working with teenagers is: “Adolescence is like gravity, It is much easier to work with it than against it.” A lot of the talk about dealing with teenagers focuses on how to combat or...
Huffpost – May 7, 2017 by Mary Lee There are more than 400,000 foster children in state custody right now. Every year, more than 20,000 age out without being reunited with their biological family or finding a new one through adoption. Every day, another child is...
The first day… The Spruce – October 31, 2017 by Carrie Craft When a foster child is first placed in your home a lot of fear and stress comes through the front door along with the child, for both of you. The child is fearing the absolute worst about you and...
