Every foster, adoptive and kinship parent seeks to heal the hurts of the children they’re parenting. But there are many others in the circle of a child’s life who can also play a pivotal role […]
In the spring of 2018, Sarah and Jennifer Hart drove their SUV off a northern California cliff into the Pacific, killing themselves and their six adopted children. The mass murder rocked the nation, sparking intensive […]
By Julie Lawson Timmer Putnam, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-399-17627, 352 pages, $27 Tragedy almost tears apart Charlotte and her stepdaughter Allie in “Untethered.” As they both grapple with the death of Charlotte’s husband and Allie’s father, […]
By Nancy Frantz eLectio Publishing, LLC, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-63213-342-7, 134 pages, $12.99 Living a comfortable middle-class lifestyle, Nancy Frantz felt she needed to do more and that her parenting journey wasn’t over, despite the fact […]
By Jackie McReynolds-Ruchti Illustrated by Hazel Quintanilla Wisdom House Books, Inc., 2017, ISBN: 978-0-9992198-0-0, $17.99 “Jack and Almost Jill” is a simple tale of the adoption of twins — Jack and Jackie. Jackie, who was […]
By Diana Abu-Jaber W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2016, ISBN: 978-0393-35377-8, 267 pages, $15.95 Life doesn’t come with a set of instructions, but instead, each of us finds our own way. Author Diana Abu-Jaber shares […]
By Jim Kenny Art by Carla Mann with Karen Holtzclaw Stone Belt Press, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-9989456-0-6, 55 pages, $27 When Chipper Wump’s father leaves home and never returns and then his mom is captured by […]
By Deena Saunders-Green Green Pines Media, 2016, ISBN 0-9981835-0-4, 229 pages, $8.99 “Angelique, A Transitional Age Youth Novel,” is the first novel by Deena Saunders-Green, who has advocated for youth in foster care as a […]
By Leah Kuypers, Think Social Publishing, 2011, ISBN: 978-0982523165, $47.99 For many adopted children, development has been mediated by complex childhood trauma. The major symptoms of developmental trauma are “mixed maturity:” difficulties with self-regulation of […]
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