Creating a Family strengthens foster, adoptive, and kinship families through training and support.
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🕯️ On #AdopteeRemembranceDay, CreatingaFamily.org honors adoptees whose lives ended too soon and recognize the importance of hearing adoptee experiences.
Listen. Learn. Remember. 💛
bit.ly/AdopteeVoices
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Your child's attachment needs can trigger big feelings in you, too. 💙
Recognizing your triggers, regulating your responses & repairing connections can help.
Explore more CreatingaFamily.org parenting resources:
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Sometimes our child's behavior activates feelings rooted in our own childhood.
Recognizing those triggers can help us pause, regulate & reconnect. 💙
Read the CreatingaFamily.org article:
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Does your child struggle with planning, organization, or following through?
It may be an executive functioning challenge.
Find practical strategies from CreatingaFamily.org to help at home and school. 💙
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Have questions about custody, guardianship, or adoption?
Join CreatingaFamily.org's FREE Virtual Kinship Legal Clinic for NC families!
📅 Nov. 10 | 7 PM ET
⚖️ Ask licensed attorneys your questions.
Register & submit your question: bit.ly/Legal-Questions
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What does movement have to do with learning & emotional regulation? 🧠
This new CreatingaFamily.org podcast with Dr. Trevor Carlson, PT—pediatric physical therapist —explores movement and brain development.
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Different needs call for different parenting tools. 💙
Explore resources from CreatingaFamily.org for raising kids impacted by trauma, prenatal exposure, neurodiversity & more.
Supported by @JockeyBeingFam.
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Every child learns and grows differently. 💙
CreatingaFamilyEd.org's FREE online courses help adoptive, foster & kinship parents find practical tools.
Learn at your own pace, thanks to @JockeyBeingFam!
👉 bit.ly/JBFSupport
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Adoption is a lifelong experience.
How does it shape identity, relationships & parenting in adulthood?
Dr. JaeRan Kim, adult adoptee & researcher, explores these questions in this CreatingaFamily.org podcast.
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Your foster teen wants independence. You want them to be safe. 💙
How do you teach safety skills without undermining trust?
We're tackling that balance on this week's CreatingaFamily.org Weekend Wisdom.
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Parenting a neurodiverse tween or teen? 💙
Try these practical tips from CreatingaFamily.org to build connection and support.
More resources: creatingafamily.org/raising-…
Made possible through @JockeyBeingFam.
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Drowning in IEP paperwork, school emails & meeting notes? 📚
CreatingaFamily.org's NEW article shares practical organization tips from a special education teacher and parent.
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How can kids with prenatal opioid exposure thrive? 💙
In this CreatingaFamily.org podcast, Lenette Serlo, adoptive mom and founder of Generation O, shares practical parenting strategies.
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Raising a relative's child in NC? 💙
Understand your legal options—from custody and guardianship to foster care and adoption—with free videos, explanations & caregiver stories from CreatingaFamily.org.
Explore: nckinshipfamilies.org/
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What can adult adoptees teach today's adoptive parents?
We're revisiting this CreatingaFamily.org podcast, featuring Dr. JaeRan Kim, adult adoptee & adoption researcher, sharing insights from research on adoptee experiences.
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Every child has unique strengths, challenges & needs. 💙
Find practical tools and encouragement in CreatingaFamily.org's Raising a Differently-Abled Child resources.
Thanks to @JockeyBeingFam!
creatingafamily.org/raising-…
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Better conversations. School advocacy. Caregiver self-care. 💙
Explore FREE CreatingaFamilyEd.org online courses for adoptive, foster & kinship parents, thanks to @JockeyBeingFam.
Learn at your own pace!
📚 bit.ly/JBFSupport
#adoption #fostercare #kinshipcare
In this CreatingaFamily.org podcast, former foster youth and author @HerNameWasKelly and Illinois CASA Deputy Director Melissa Ludington discuss CASA/GAL advocacy and how to get involved.
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