Our kids love spending time with their grandparents. I remember thinking that a weekend with my grandparents was just about the best thing ever when I was a child. Kayla [...]
Category: Parenting
Are you Leading at Home?
Leadership is important, very important. It is a highly valued commodity in the corporate world. So much so, that according to a study by Deloitte, American companies spent $14 billion [...]
The Poetic Justice of Empathy
If you have been paying attention, you will notice that lately there has been a growing interest in certain circles about empathy. It has, thankfully, moved out of the privacy [...]
Break on Through to the Other Side
Self-care should be a vital part of everyone's routine, but it is too frequently overlooked. Maybe it's because it sounds selfish, but you cannot parent your kids well if you are [...]
5 Books You Must Read This Summer
School’s out for the summer, it’s a holiday weekend, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite books with you. Each one of these has changed the way I [...]
Parenting is a Leadership Exercise
I was invited to speak at the Florida Foster and Adoptive Parent Association Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida in June. It is always a special privilege to share with families [...]
Ignorance and Malice Are Not the Same Thing
One of the things that we truly believe is that people thrive in community. You simply cannot thrive in isolation, and a key ingredient in what adoptive and foster families [...]
Don’t Create a Vacuum
There is a great parenting strategy I think we should all subscribe to; don’t remove a coping mechanism or survival strategy from a child unless you have something better to [...]
Establishing Healthy Boundaries
I recently presented at a conference for adoptive and foster parents. My assigned topic; Building Healthy Relationships and Boundaries with Your Biological Relatives. I was excited when the topic was first [...]
Climbing into the Car
An essential component of being a connected parent is coming to terms with our histories and doing the hard work necessary to make sense of the past. Our stuff can't [...]