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 [...]

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: [...]

The adoptee with a history of trauma can bring an array of pee and poop (formally called encopresis and enuresis, nocturnal (night) and diurnal (daytime)) issues along with him when he joins the adoptive family! In fact, the pee and poop issues abound in adoptive families! The stories about how much the adoptee pees, where [...]