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POPSSibling bonds in adoption: How important are they? One of the most important and toughest issues in adoptive parenting is the sibling connection. Social workers have a huge responsibility to find adoptive home that will take siblings, especially if there are several children in a family unit. Adoptive parents struggle with maintaining an open relationship with adoptive children who are not in the home and with birth family member relationships. Adoptive children question why they were picked for adoption and their sibling(s) were not. Have you adopted siblings? Share your story by tweeting us or commenting below. How important is the sibling connection?
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POPSFamily Trip: Terror or Triumph? There is a joke about how a trip is travel with kids and a vacation is without. There aren't necessarily the same! Personally, I have had great trips (with kids) and I have had very bad ones. Here's some simple steps to help you make your "trip" more successful. Share your ideas that you have used to make a trip a pleasant experience by clicking the comment link or sending us a tweet to http://www.twitter.com/ronhuxley Get more helpful parenting ideas at http://parentingtoolbox.com
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POPSSingle Parents can create stable children
I came across the article below and felt a mixture of joy and sadness. Joy because it is good to see research finally state a truth about family strengths without the political stigmas. The article states that in an equally stable home, single parent families were no different than married, two-parent families, when it came to the emotional wellness of the children. That should be good news for single parents. It is also challenging news because it is harder for single parents to find a stable balance. Many of the single parent families I have worked with struggle with finances, quality child care and emotional support. Just do the math: One parent is stretched much farther than two. What the study didn't mention was how many children were in each type of home. One child is much easier to manage, for a single parent or two-parent home, than several! So my sadness comes from the fact that the article/study didn't offer more suggestions on how single parent families need ongoin
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POPSTravel on the cheap... This great article clip give families some useful ideas about how to have a frugal, fun vacation. The "Frugal Family Traveler" click shows how to keep a budget, regardless if you are doing on a disney vacation, vacation in hawaii, backyard vacation, or some other vacation destinations. Enjoy your vacations. Read on to get all the tips...
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POPSCan you manage time really? How does your family manage time? What does the juggling of work and family look like for you...I remember when my kids were little. It was Heck! As you can see from this clip, managing time is really about managing life. That comes down to choices. Sometimes, hard choices... Share your thoughts.
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