Slow Way Home
Wise beyond his years, Brandon understands he’s the only one in this world he can count on. It’s an outlook that serves him well the day his mama leaves him […]
Unplugging Power Struggles
With the help of this book you can prevent or resolve the emotional tug of wars which make family life so unpleasant. Learn when and how to hold on to […]
How To Negotiate With Kids Even When You Think You Shouldn’t
This book deals with resolving conflicts you face every day with your children, fron endless battles over food choices and bedtimes to hassles over television and chores. He focuses on […]
Seeing It From The Other Side : Conflicts in Foster Homes
In these personal stories, teens write about facing (and resolving) a variety of conflicts with foster parents. They reveal how their family histories influence their attitudes toward the foster home, […]
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, author and illustrator of the best-selling When I Was Little: A Four Year Old’s Memoir of Her Youth, have joined together again to create […]
Safety In Numbers : Teens Write About Group Homes That Work
In these stories, teens write about what they like about their group homes and what makes them work. These writers don’t sugarcoat the difficulties of group home life, but they […]
Transracial Adoption and Foster Care: Practice Issues for Professionals
Transracial adoption and foster care had been a controversial topic throughout this decade – a topic that has led to arguments and divisions between families, neighborhoods, professionals and policymakers on […]
Unfinished Business
One’s life is changed forever when a parent dies. In this booklet, six foster teens describe the death or a father or mother (or of both parents) They write about […]
Wish You Were Here: When A Parent is in Prision
Many young people in foster care have (or had) a parent in prision. The teens in this booklet describe the emotional impact of that experience. They write about the mix […]
Just the Two of Us
Knowing how to make and maintain healthy relationships – and avoid bad ones – is an important skill for everyone, but especially for foster teens, many of whom have had […]
