When we welcome a child into our home through foster care, our primary job in those early days is to work on cultivating felt-safety in …
Learning Empathy
Empathy begins in infancy. When you regularly meet the needs of your infant, you are actually teaching them that they matter, that you …
Seven Risk Factors
The Karyn Purvis Institute for Child Development recognizes 7 risk factors for our children that can adversely affect their development …
Life After Placement
What life might need to look like after saying YES and welcoming a new child? When you invite a child to join your family, you become …
The Birth of Your Relationship
When we bring home a newborn baby from the hospital, life around us seems to halt. We clear our calendars around the upcoming due date …
Seeing the Need Behind the Behavior
The routine was off this morning. I knew that it was. M and I usually have some time alone together in the mornings but this morning a …