Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

“Why did you eat all the cookies?” “Why did you take your sister’s iPod?” “Why isn’t your room clean yet?” “Why didn’t you take the trash out?” “Why did you hit your brother?” This list could go on infinitely! The traumatized adoptee’s behavior prompts “Why?” from his baffled parents—over and over!

In some instances, “Why?” is [...]

John and his father arrived for therapy. As we were walking down the hallway, Dad stated firmly, “Stop it!” A few seconds passed, and again Dad said sternly, “Stop it!” A bit confused, I asked what John was doing that was so upsetting. Dad replied, “It’s the way he’s breathing. I can’t stand it! He [...]

Welcome to part two of our post about peeing and pooping in adoptive families. The purpose of this blog is to explore the various reasons for this stinky business and to offer ideas to manage this behavior, so the home environment can be more sensorily palatable.
In Part One we covered, medical and physical causes, sex: [...]