Parenting qualities: When we sign up to be a foster or adoptive parent, we are most likely unaware of the depth of the task ahead. Most of us enter this parenting with an assumption that we have the needed skills. We may have parented other children, had good role models, or a preconceived idea of...
Emotional blindness and how it impacts parents parenting traumatized children What is it? Emotional blindness-referenced in D. Siegel’s book, then researched it. Emotional blindness: an inability to identify and describe one’s own and other’s emotions. It’s considered a personality trait that can...
Part Two: Fears of Summer. In the first, we covered the fear of “What will I do with the time?” Now, we will answer the three additional fears that parents have relayed to us throughout the years. Summer offers many opportunities for healing relationships, activities, and personal growth. By...
Summer is here! Schools are ending for the summer. During the school year, parents may dread the arrival of the school bus because there are so many unknowns. It is unknown if the child had a bad day at school (behavior problems), unknown if the child will have behavior problems at home that...
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Parents often report their traumatized child goes from 0 to 100 in a millisecond! Learn about the Window of Tolerance (Siegel) and how it influences behaviors. Window of Tolerance Window of tolerance describes the “various intensities of emotional arousal [that] can be processed without disrupting...
“He just goes off completely, he changes from second to the next.” Learn how to use the escalation cycle to address the TDC: emotional...
EMOTIONAL REGULATION Often busy foster parents report they haven’t time for self-care. There are meetings to attend, visits from agency staff, and appointments to keep, not to mention the daily parenting tasks. It’s like a never-ending cycle. Unfortunately, intentional self-care is an integral...
Why are children disrespectful to parents? Watch as we answer that question and lead you towards managing the...
I don’t want to be afraid of my child’s emotions! Sometimes being a parent is very difficult. We must experience our children’s emotions with them. Listen as we discuss how to positively use this...
When parents think about therapeutic parenting, they question if they can give consequences. Learn more as we discuss...