Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

This is another in a series of posts on related challenging topics. You may want to print this post or others in the series (Introduction, Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Six.) Study them, returning to them over time. Review the resources that are embedded within the articles. Keep them handy! They [...]

Time out seems to be one of the most popular forms of discipline today. However, as a tool to change the behavior of an adopted child with a history of trauma, we must re-think the use of time out. This is because time out disconnects the child from the family. Most adopted children already know [...]

Each time I conduct workshops, the issue of offering hugs, kisses, tickles, cuddles, squeezes and other kinds of touch to the child who experienced sexual abuse comes up. There is much advice offered to parents of the children who experienced this terrible trauma. Much of this information is to “back off” and let the child [...]