Modern Families [H4HK]

Families today are constantly changing. This board covers issues for all different types of families including: divorce, single parenting, foster families, adoptive families, military families, coparenting, step and blended families, incarcerated parents, fatherlessness, parental alienation and narcissistic parents. For more resources and information, please visit http://Hope4HurtingKids.com..
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Hope 4 Hurting Kids
Siobhan McKay, illustrator of SHARING ME. Her beautiful watercolors are as light-hearted as she is.
A small stone is used in the divorce bag to represent the places the child feels safe and that act as a "rock"for him/her. The child can use this to remember that, during the divorce, there are places the child can go to in order to feel safe, physically, psychologically, and emotionally.
Books About Divorce

Divorce and Family Disruption

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Remembering and celebrating single moms on Mother's Day
The Face of Adoption: Adoptee and Birth Mom. One adoptee's journey to becoming a birth mother and now a single mom. A beautiful and redemptive story.
"Sharing Me: Helping Young Children Deal with Divorce" by Bonnie Alsop

Single Parent Families

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How a foster family supported reunification with birthfamily! #fostercare
This is so, so good!!! Why our own childhoods impact our parenting so much and how to fix undesirable traits. I wish I would have read this sooner. I now understand where my parenting struggles come from and now that I know the root of the problem, I can work from there.
Here are 10 great tips for foster parents! Foster care.

Foster Families

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"There is so much loss wrapped up in adoption that it is unfair to ask a child to be thankful" - Brooke Randolph | Adoption Quotes | MLJ Adoptions
According to the Adoption Institute, there are more than 1.5 million adopted children in the USA. The Center for Adoption Support & Education states that 60% of Americans have contact with adoption in some way.
Sesame Street episode that teaches kids about adoption! "Gina Adopts a Baby." You can get it on itunes via this link and it is also available instant watch on Netflix. Season 37.

Adoptive Families

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I Miss You!: A Military Kid's Book About Deployment
10 Things Military Kids Want You to Know - from National Military Family Association - MilitaryAvenue.com
Military Kids - Life's All About Little Adventures

Military Families

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Sign-up for Kids On Time Co-parenting tools now and we will help you communicate & cooperate with your former partner to co-parent effectively http://kidsontime.com/
Consistent Co-parenting Makes Life Easier for Children after Divorce
Siobhan McKay, illustrator of SHARING ME. Her beautiful watercolors are as light-hearted as she is.

Coparenting

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Coolest Stepdad Aprons
How Divorce Affects Infants and Toddlers
"Sharing Me: Helping Young Children Deal with Divorce" by Bonnie Alsop

Step and Blended Families

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Helping Kids Cope When a Parent is Incarcerated
Do you have a loved one in Jail? Support for children with incarcerated parents can be found here with books on how to help, support and care...
My Mom Went to Jail | A book to help children cope with their parent's incarceration.

Incarcerated Parents

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I have a Father/ bible verses
US children who come from fatherless homes... May the men of God arise to be leaders, husbands and fathers!
These are sobering statistics. Wow. Hutch : Fatherless homes - Video

Fatherlessness

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Why children never get over the trauma of seeing their parents drunk: Virginia as a child with her mother, Janey, who was an alcoholic. - EXCELLENT article, really illustrates that feeling of rage and impotence as an adult.
How family court destroys families
parental alienation disorder - this goes out to CR and AS.

Parental Alienation

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Children of Narcissists
Narcissistic Fathers and their treatment of their own children,
How Narcissists Control their Children #hostile #aggressive #parenting #parental #alienation

Narcissistic Parents

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