Foster Kids Parenting

Can you teach your child to be kind? This vital question is taking on a new urgency as our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided. A world-renowned developmental psychologist, Dr. Thomas Lickona has lead the character education movement in schools for 40 years and now he shares with parents the vital tools they need to create a culture of kindness at home. Kindness doesn’t stand on its own. It needs a supporting cast of other essential virtues - like self-control, good judgment, courage, and gratitude.

This book will provide you with practical solutions for understanding and validating their emotions, as well as positive strategies for increasing their confidence, overcoming fears, and learning to leverage their strengths. The advice I provide will be beneficial to you because emotional validation makes children feel heard, cared for, and valued. You will encourage honesty and foster trust by doing so.

In this honest and open account, Karla shares her journey of foster care, adoption, and a career that took her by surprise. As a mom of six amazing children, she has developed tried and true resources for families across the globe on trauma competent parenting. Here she brings her global and personal experience to the masses. Karla will inspire you and equip you with tools you need to be an agent of healing and advocate for your children NO MATTER WHAT!!If you are asking...Is Love Enough?What is trauma competency?How do I meet my child's complex needs?How can I be an agent of healing for my...

If you're wondering, "How can I help my highly sensitive child turn her/his uniqueness into a competitive advantage and grow into happy human beings?", then keep reading. Every highly sensitive child is unique, but there are several characteristics that all HSC share, and understanding them is critical for managing easily your daily life. The insights I share in this audiobook are excellent resources for parents, educators, and anyone else interested in highly sensitive children and their special needs, based on my personal experience working with children.

Children who have been adopted and/or shuttled through the foster-care system experience trauma at a much higher rate than other kids, which can make it difficult for them to trust, relax, regulate their emotions, and connect with their new families. As a parent, learning how to heal attachment trauma, attune to your child's needs, identify triggers, and create felt safety is essential to providing the loving, supportive, and stable home they need to thrive. Written for parents of adopted and foster kids of all ages, this book offers resources for handling common concerns.

Do you need coping mechanisms and want to feel more confident about how to deal with stressful situations while raising your anxious child? What if you could relieve some of the stress by learning how to recognize symptoms and signs, when to be concerned, and how to use coping strategies? I know parenting anxious children can be very challenging, but this manual is a simple but helpful guide to assisting you and your child in dealing with the common anxieties and disorders that affect today's children and at the same time empowering them.

Alexis Black persevered through her mother’s death and her father’s imprisonment. And after escaping a long and abusive relationship, the college junior promised her foster parents not to date for at least a year. But when she meets an incoming freshman on the first day of their scholarship program, she feels the world melt away, as though it were only the two of them in the room.

Every parent wants his or her child to be happy and grow into a productive, fulfilled adult...and according to parenting expert Maureen Healy, the secret to that success is in providing a foundation of inner confidence. Parents and teachers know that confidence and inner strength are important attributes, but in an era where self-worth is often measured by possessions and attractiveness, most have no idea how to model true inner confidence for their kids or how to help them cultivate it.

Nearly everyone thinks their own family is “nutty" or at least has one or two nuts. With stories of wacky yet lovable relatives, funny foibles, and holiday meltdowns, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters is often hilarious and occasionally poignant.

In this audiobook, you will learn how to establish a good foundation in your relationship with your kids and discover the secrets on how to communicate well so your kids will always listen.

Are you worried about your teen’s critical life, your weakening relationship with them and their increasing vulnerability to the damaging effects of modern technology? This audiobook is here to help you take that burden away! Being in touch with your growing child’s life, and understanding everything that’s going on in their minds and life, and being assured of their well-being doesn’t have to be difficult - even if you think your teenage child is a little different. In fact, it’s easier than you think.