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Jacqueline Church's avatar

Kim, so grateful to know you if only through Facebook. Now we have this! (I'm starting a Patreon but don't tell , it's not quite ready for Prime Time.)

It's haunting how these kids survive. You're a gift. So many who pass through your family are lucky to meet a kind heart, for many it may be the first. Can't wait for your book!

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Leena Trivedi-Grenier's avatar

Another powerful story that I'll be thinking about long after finishing. I couldn't agree more with you about how the system treats "problematic" kids, and the importance of attachment and relationships. I've been reading a book called Beyond Behaviors, to help me figure out how best to help my neurodivergent kid (who has some not ideal behaviors), and all of the research points to the same answer for any kid with difficult behaviors: be a safe relationship for them (connection is key!), and look beyond observable behavior to understand what is causing it. The kid's behavior is often an adaptive response to another problem they are dealing with, be it trauma, sensory processing issues, neurodivergency, etc.

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