Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

Nothing facilitates attachment between family members like laughing, joking, teasing and playing with one another. Yet, in families in which there is an adopted child with a history of trauma, giggles and chuckles don’t always come easily. This is disappointing to parents who want to provide their children a fun childhood full of rich experiences, and [...]

It seems fitting that our first post after the start of the New Year contains a wish for peace. Peace in the family is a resolution worth making and attaining.

Peace, in the family, begins with the parental statement, “I will be calmer in 2010.” In reality, this means learning to bypass angry interactions that occur [...]

“Where touching begins, there love and humanity also begin…”
Ashley Montagu
When I write posts about behavior, and ways to manage or entirely cease behaviors, I always work to write a portion of the post that provides some explanation for the behavior, and then I offer some solutions. I believe that understanding more about where a [...]