Parenting and teaching children with mental health issues, whether diagnosed or undiagnosed, can be challenging and complex. Based on author Cynthia Rodgers’s almost thirty-year career working with “at-risk” youth, “Believe Children: Understanding and Help for Children with Disordered Behavior focuses” on developing and strengthening effective interpersonal skills in both adults and children as a way to understand and help teach emotional regulation and conflict resolution.
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Show #651: Adoption in the Military
Tune in to follow the journey of an Army family with guest Amanda Vineyard who chose to adopt a child from China while serving in the military.
Expanding Our Family
We welcomed our second child at the beginning of March, expanding our family by one more. I found my experience to be vastly different this time around than with my first son. It’s been interesting to reflect on both situations.
Away: A Deployment Poem
The oldest one got taller
While you’ve been away
She learned to count and say her prayers
She learned that life’s not always fair
That ugly things turn to butterflies
That even mommy sometimes cries
10 Teacher Appreciation Gifts to Knock Their Socks Off
My dad was a teacher for 39 years before he retired. He taught fourth grade for the majority of his career but also taught fifth through eighth grades.
Growing up with a parent who was a teacher didn’t have many perks. When he was my fourth grade teacher, he made me bring home field trip permission slips for my mom to sign. He also knew my weaknesses and challenged me, arguably more than the other students.
When the janitor quit mid-year, my dad picked up the after-school clean-up, which meant my sisters and I also became janitors so we could all get home more quickly.
What Happens to the Dandelion Kids?
We’ve almost made it through April. And if you live anywhere near a military installation or are part of any social media, you’re most definitely are aware that this is Month of the Military Child.
And with this knowledge comes the fun fact that the “official flower” of the military child is the dandelion.
Picturing Home Campaign: The Biden Foundation
I’m a Kansas girl. When I’m asking about picturing home, it’s where my mind goes. I was born in a small-town hospital in northwest Kansas and spent the first two-plus decades of my life as a residential Kansan.
Now, several years and duty stations later, I still proudly call myself a Kansan. I’ve also learned how to field those always-predictable questions that immediately follow my answer about where I’m “from.”
“Kansas, huh? Have you seen Dorothy lately? What are tornados like? How’s Toto doing?”
My Happiest Moment
Sometimes it’s hard to remember that my happiest moment was birthed from tragedy. Every joyful shout surrounding my happiest moment is shadowed by a painful whisper that my joy was rooted in grief and loss.
It’s almost paralyzing to look back on my life and select my happiest moment.
10 Remarkable Lessons from Military Children
In honor of April, Month of the Military Child, I’ve been reflecting on things I’ve learned from military children. Our 6-year-old son, Finn, has unknowingly taught me a lot on our military life journey. I think that’s true for many military kids who are often born into this lifestyle. They must learn to be flexible, adaptive, and yes, resilient, a word I’ve come around to after almost a decade of this life.
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