Note: This is a post about EXTREME parenting for those with highly volatile, violent children. If the biggest problem you have is getting your child to make her bed, then this is not a post for you. This one Continue reading Violence and 9-1-1
This is a picture that my son drew last night (*please read THIS post for an explanation of the gender of the self portrait). A picture really can communicate a thousand words. This one says to me that he Continue reading Art Therapy
Sometimes it can be so easy for me to forget how far we have come and just happily skip along my merry way, thinking that everything is “normal” now and we are never going back to the scary early days of this Continue reading The root of all defiant, stubborn behavior
This is a story about a setback that my son and I went through a few days ago. I originally posted it in a parenting group on Facebook, but I decided to share it again here because it seemed to Continue reading The Setback
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I put off starting this blog for a very long time. But now is the time to start. Since the days before my child even came to live with me, I have been hanging out in adoption forums and Facebook Continue reading Welcome to Adoption Roots and Wings!