An Upside-Down Way to Address Defiance in Children with Trauma Histories

Few things frustrate me more as a dad than defiance from my fourteen-year-old son when I tell him to do something and he either ignores me or flat out refuses to comply. It makes my blood boil and all I want to do is fly into a rage. After all, this is: my house he's …

Dave’s Definitive Guide to Being a Single Foster Dad

If you’ve ever bothered to read my bio, you already know that I’ve been fostering for more than five loooonnng years.  What it doesn’t say, is that I’ve been doing it all by myself for that time as a single guy.  I’m surprised the author of that bio (hint: it wasn’t me) didn’t see fit to …