Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
How to Have Peace When Your Kids Are in Chaos is a unique handbook written from the perspective of an adoptive parent. Equal parts self-examination, science, tips, and personal stories, How to Have Peace offers the steps that will guide you toward the peace you need in your home.
Instead of starting with the science and trying to change your kids' behaviors, this book challenges you to examine your beliefs, confront the lies about adoption/foster care, and do some reframing. How to Have Peace leads you through the hard work of making sense of and peace with your past. Then, you learn and apply the science.
Using the tools in this book, you can start finding some peace in your home. That doesn't mean that the chaos will totally disappear. It means that you will have peace in the midst of it. You will understand the why behind your child's behavior. You will be able to meet the child where they are. Instead of your past and his past being in chaotic competition, you will have greater empathy plus the proper tools to achieve and maintain inner peace.
Synopsis
Are you an adoptive/foster parent?Do you often feel as if your home is in chaos?
Would you like to have peace instead?
Kathleen Guire, adoptive parent and National Parent of the Year, wanted peace in her home. She often struggled with imposter syndrome when it came to parenting kiddos who have experienced trauma. The truth is - there are no perfect parents. Equal parts self-examination, researched -based tips, and personal stories, Kathleen guides you through the process of finding peace. This unique handbook will give you a companion on your adoption/foster care journey. You will laugh, cry, ponder, read, and reread the chapters.
Maybe you think once you learn the science behind the behavior, apply the science, and then you'll have peace. Kathleen thought that was the way to go. It's not. There's a better approach.
How to Have Peace When Your Kids Are in Chaos will lead you through the steps that work - reframe our beliefs, make sense of and peace with our past, learn the science behind the behavior, change the behaviors and find some peace. Grab your copy and get started on finding peace in the midst of the chaos today