And do we really need that much eye contact? What about if a child has been abused, could they interpret eye contact as domineering? Phew, lots to revisit here. I mean, how does this combine with working parents, I wonder. But one suggested schedule has me a bit overwhelmed. It's interesting how much mindfulness is a part of this. This is a very time-intensive, patient, full-body type of parenting, and from what I'm understanding, an important approach for children who may be coming from a trauma background.
The author uses a lot of scholarly research but writes simply, sometimes I almost felt it was too dumbed down but since she references everything I may go back to the source. This would be a book to revisit when dealing with behavioral issues, meltdowns, frustrations.
It's definitely not the parenting style I was raised in, and while I do know enough to know I don't want to raise a child the way I was raised, I don't necessarily know anything at all. Read more about her lifelong passion to serve children from hard places and how she has faithfully followed God’s calling in her life.I probably read this too early, but my husband and I are talking about talking about looking into adoption (ie: very early/tentative/maybe stages) and when I asked in Litsy, a friend who adopted two kids not as babies said this book was everything. Karyn is a former foster parent, a mother of three boys and a grandmother of eight. Infant Mental Health Advocacy Award, the title of Distinguished Fellow in Adoption and Child Development bestowed by The National Council for Adoption, and the James Hammerstein Award, given annually to honor someone who has displayed outstanding dedication to children in need. Purvis has received numerous awards and honors, including the T. David Cross were awarded the Heroes in Healthcare Award in 2006 by the Dallas Business Journal, and they have co-authored the best-selling adoption book, The Connected Child (2007).ĭr. She has devoted the past decade to developing research-based interventions for at-risk children. Purvis is the director of the TCU Institute of Child Development.
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