If you’ve ever tried to talk through behavior or feelings with a child who is clearly dysregulated, you already know this truth: You can’t reason with a nervous system that feels unsafe. Before kids can reflect, apologize, problem-solve, or even name a feeling, their bodies have to calm first. In our home, especially with theContinue reading “Helping Kids Regulate Their Bodies: Proprioceptive, Vestibular, and Rhythmic Input Explained”
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Helping Children Process Grief or Loss While Embracing a New Family
Bringing a child into a new family structure—whether through adoption, foster care, remarriage, or guardianship—can be a time of hope and new beginnings. However, for many children, this transition is accompanied by grief and loss. They may be grieving the loss of a biological parent, the life they once knew, or even a sense ofContinue reading “Helping Children Process Grief or Loss While Embracing a New Family”
Our Foster Journey: Answering the Call in Uncertain Times
In 2020, when the world shut down and everything became uncertain, one thing weighed heavily on our hearts—children. Schools closed, which meant that for many kids, the places where they felt safe, received meals, and had caring adults watching over them were suddenly gone. We couldn’t stop thinking about the children who were already inContinue reading “Our Foster Journey: Answering the Call in Uncertain Times”
The Anker Homestead 