Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

This is another in a series of posts on related challenging topics. If you are just joining us, there is also an Introduction, Part One and Part Two, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six. There will be five more posts in this series. The schedule is included at the end of this post. You may [...]

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 [...]

He may wear the same popular brand names as your children. She may be a cheerleader like your daughter. He may like video games and hanging out at the mall or playing any type of ball. She may be into the latest hairstyles and texting her friends. You really can’t always tell an American “Waiting [...]