I want to sit down and just share with you all my notes from some of the key sessions for parents of foster children or adopted children. I have pages to sift through and that's the plan for the next post -- just to share what I gleaned from listening to experts in the field. Copyrights thrown out the window. I scribbled away during the sessions, and I'm ready to share what I learned.
Meanwhile, I just want to pass along two new books that I picked up. At some point, I just need to give you a whole book list of great books to read, because I have a ton that have helped me tremendously in the past. And not that these two books are recently published books, they're just new to me. But I'm excited about reading them, despite the unappealing cover of the first one (sorry, Jayne Schooler, whom I adore).
So if you're a reader and you have kids that confuse you, go ahead and pick up these two books and we'll read them together. Both are highly acclaimed from all the experts that I know, so I already have full confidence in whatever strategies they offer. If you're not a reader, maybe grab the second book anyway. You can't see it well from the picture, but the title is ACTUALLY: The whole brain child: 12 revolutionary strategies to nurture your child's developing mind. So you might be able to read just a strategy at a time, if reading long chapters about brain trauma sound boring. :)
If you're interested, my reading list is actually a bit longer than just these two, but branches outside of just dealing with our hurt kids. Here are some other books I've picked up to read and are a sitting beside my bed:
Unfinished
Richard Stearns
Upended: How Following Jesus Remakes Your Words & World
Jedd Medefind
Orphan Justice: How to Care for Orphans Beyond Adopting
Johnny Carr
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