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Mary Jo Sue's third parent coaching session- Attachment Feb 17, 2023

Mary Jo Sue came into our third session (second on attachment) excited and ready to learn. She jumped right into telling me about her homework and wha...

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Mary Jo Sue's second parent coaching session attachment parent coaching parenting relationships Feb 08, 2023

It has been a week and Mary Jo Sue comes with stories to tell. Her family had a huge explosion over The Weekend and Mary Jo wants to talk about. Mary ...

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Intake Session- Meet- Mary Jo Sue Feb 01, 2023

Hello, again!

I have missed you. Writing this blog brought me great joy when our family was journeying through the Foster care world. When that journ...

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70. Rad Child Podcast Interview– NOW LIVE! adoption foster care podcast interview rad child Dec 28, 2020

Hello, All,

I can’t believe how quickly time has flown. It is way past due for an update into our fostering world. Sadly, that will have to wait for ...

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69. New Normal- New Space- The Foster Lane is BACK in Janesville and ready to help parents be the parents they want their children to remember foster care fostering new office new space parenting reuinifcation visitation Sep 09, 2020

Hello, all!

Can we believe that it has been six months since the United States declared a public health emergency and the world all but shut down. Mi...

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68. It’s June– That means Junteenth and Pride… Let’s celebrate ALL our LGBTQ+ and Black brothers and sisters! black lives matter juneteenth lgbtq lgbtqia lgbtqia+ unlearning racism Jun 15, 2020

Hello, all, I’m sitting in my comfy suburban home, safe and contemplating the privilege that I experience. Yes, I am gay, and I’m white. It’s that sec...

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67. Foster Care Online Support adoption foster foster care support support group support system May 24, 2020

Hello, all, Mama S here,

I was chatting with some foster parents last week and they said that they are struggling with Covid 19 as it relates to thei...

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66. Let’s talk about sex baby… adoption foster foster care kids sexual education talking to kids about sex Apr 29, 2020

This has been a whirlwind 2 weeks in the Salisott home and I’m not even sure how we got here. To rewind… I started a part time job at Starbucks (Hello...

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65. Parenting in the times of “safer at home” adoption foster foster care kids trauma Apr 17, 2020

Hello, everyone. I have been putting off writing a post because I wanted to see what happened in the world. I was like everyone else, sitting on the e...

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64. When the World Stops Seeing the Trauma adoption foster foster care kids trauma Feb 28, 2020

Hey there… it’s been a bit of a delay in writing due to a wild ride on our part. One kiddo has been struggling greatly and has been transitioned into ...

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63. On the “other side” adoption foster foster care kids trauma Feb 06, 2020

We have always extended grace to the parents of our kiddos. We knew it was hard to have all your interactions supervised, we just didn’t know how hard...

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62. Where we went adoption foster foster care kids trauma Dec 04, 2019

Good evening, family, friends, and readers. We disappeared. We folded into ourselves and our home due to stress and trauma taking over. I ended up hav...

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