Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

Children who have experienced trauma enter the family with thoughts about themselves, adults and the world that are faulty. For example, children who resided in homes replete with domestic violence and physical abuse may think:

Aggression is a means to solve problems. In homes with domestic violence and physical abuse, it is the strongest member of [...]

In our previous blog, This is Not the Brother or Sister I Expected, we pointed out that how professionals and parents handle the dissemination of information—to their typical sons and daughters— about a sibling’s special needs will greatly influence the adjustment of the children already in the family (Meyer & Vadasy, 1994). This, in turn, [...]

As a parent, do you feel like every request becomes a bargain? You ask, “Would you please bring your laundry downstairs, and your child replies, “I will if you let me go to Tommy’s house.”  You say, “It’s time for dinner.” Your son or daughter replies, I’ll sit down when you let me have a [...]