Our experience with kids’ desires about their futures are pretty varied. We started our foster care journey with Kiddo. She had just turned 4 when she came to us. Initially her parents were not doing what they needed to to get her back, and Kiddo was seething with fury at her Mom for telling CPSContinue reading “Different Kids, Different Views”
Tag Archives: two-year-old
“Are they all… troubled?”
I went to the doctor yesterday for some routine blood work. As so often happens, I chatted with the nurse who was taking my blood pressure and pulse and in the course of conversation she asked if I have any children. I answered her that I’m a foster parent. She then asked me what agesContinue reading ““Are they all… troubled?””
Valentine’s Day Excursion
A dear friend of Seth’s and mine, who we actually met because she was PB&J’s therapist, offered to come play with Tiny while Seth and I went out for a (*gasp*) actual date! It all turned out pretty classic, for us. Seth and I went to the new Salt City Market, which we’ve been dyingContinue reading “Valentine’s Day Excursion”
Forever Twos
Forever Twos We have been parenting two-year-olds for 3 1/2 years. Most parents get to get THROUGH the two-year-old stage and into the threenage stage and then the eff you fours and then come out the other side with kids who can wipe their own butts and not have a meltdown about having taken offContinue reading “Forever Twos”
