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The Special Dangers of Technology Use for Children Who’ve Experienced Trauma: New CAFO Study

The explosive growth of technology brings potential for both great good and great harm for children.  All the more so for kids who’ve experienced trauma and loss. You’re invited to...
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When It’s Time to Let the Mullet Go: Knowing Better and Doing Better in Foster Care

I was a child of the 80s.  I was raised on Trapper Keepers, mix tapes, and scratch n sniff stickers.  I even remember when Honey Smacks were more accurately still...
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27-Letter Words and Making Big Problems Smaller

When I was a kid I had a fascination with big words.   In order to find the biggest words, you sometimes have to look in strange places.  I eventually discovered...
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My Life Will Be Different: Hope’s Place in Foster Care

The beginning of a new year inherently brings with it a sense of hope.  Hope for better habits, hope for new opportunities and the hope that is always woven into...
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Kale Chips and the Foster Care System

There is a troubling movement afoot at my house, and I’m reaching out to you all for help. My wife, out of her deep love for our family and her...
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Troubled by Child Separation? 7 Ways We Can Do Something About It

The hearts of many Americans ached over the separation of children from their parents at the US border.  And rightly so.  Children that lack the care and protection of family...
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