by Raising Relatives | Mar 13, 2025 | Healing from Trauma/Neglect/Abuse, Relationship with Child’s Parent, Self-Care for Kinship and Foster Parents, Working Together For the Good of the Child In Your Care
We all want the children we love to be able to face hard times and cope with them successfully. The ability to “bounce back” from life’s challenges can be part of a child’s naturally wired temperament. However, other kids may need help learning how to develop their...
by Raising Relatives | Dec 19, 2024 | Relationship with Child’s Parent
Welcoming a grandchild, nephew, or cousin to your home while their parents seek treatment or get back on their feet can be a rewarding and fulfilling experience. After all, you are giving this child a safe space to land when their parents need time to get back on...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 16, 2024 | Relationship with Child’s Parent
Helping raise your grandchild, nephew, or other relative gives you a unique opportunity to offer nurture and support to the child’s parents. The parents may feel shame or guilt about not being able to parent this child. And it’s not unusual for your...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 16, 2024 | Relationship with Child’s Parent
Many grandparents or aunts are raising their grandchild or nephew because the child’s parents are addicted. It is easy and very tempting to judge the child’s parents as bad and irresponsible. While you love them, you may be angry at them for putting you in this...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 12, 2024 | Relationship with Child’s Parent
No one-size-fits-all solution exists for raising a loved one’s child in your home. Depending upon the role this child’s parent can play, the safety and legal issues in your family’s particular circumstances, and other issues your family faces, you might have...
by Raising Relatives | Jul 12, 2024 | Relationship with Child’s Parent
As a grandparent, aunt, or cousin raising this child when their parents cannot do it, you have a unique opportunity to provide nurturing care and space for healing for your loved ones. However, the relationship you already have with this child’s parents, whether they...
