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Maintaining Sibling Connections

Siblings get separated for many reasons when they must leave their parents to live with a family member. While most professionals recommend that siblings stay together if they cannot live at home, separation still happens. How can you support your grandchildren’s...

Raising Capable Kids

Raising a child with ADHD, autism, or other neurodiversity can be a new challenge for many grandparents, aunts, or uncles who don't understand the child's diagnosis. However, whether this child has a diagnosis, disability, or other brain-based difference, it’s...

Helping Your Tween or Teen Develop Their Whole Person

Does your tween or teen grandchild (nephew or cousin) act sullen, angry, illogical, and overly emotional? Do they engage in risky behaviors you never dealt with when raising your kids? You may struggle to understand this young person or feel connected to them because...

Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse

5 Tips to Help Your Family Communicate Better

5 Tips to Help Your Family Communicate Better

Improving Your Family’s Communication is an Investment How we communicate with our family powerfully affects how we feel about ourselves. Before your grandchild (or niece or cousin) came to you, they probably witnessed unhealthy communication patterns. It's crucial...

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Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Drugs

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Challenging Behaviors

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ADHD

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Disrupting Birth Order

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Helping A Child Heal from Sexual Abuse

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School Issues for Foster & Kinship Kids

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Technology/Internet and Our Kids

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Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents

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Relationship with Child’s Parent

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Working Together For the Good of the Child In Your Care

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