Raising Adults: Future Focused Parenting

In today’s episode, Deana and Kira have the opportunity to chat with Amy Carney about Future Focused foster/adoptive parenting. She is the author of Parent on Purpose-A Courageous Approach to Raising Children in a Complicated World and 100 Questions for Mom- a Journal for Reflection and Connection. She is a public speaker, content creator, and product maker helping parents raise their children with more joy and purpose. She lives with her husband and five children in Arizona. They are currently fostering their 6th to adopt him this summer.

"It's not just our home. It's a community of people pouring into our children and teaching them." - Amy Carney.

Amy Shares:

• Her why in this area of her parenting (4:10)
• Her parenting philosophy before fostering to adopt (7:47)
• Finding balance from a mental health perspective and how to help biological kids understand (13:19)
• Responsibilities of a foster parent from a mental health perspective. How to care for a person who's been through trauma and helping the kids already in the home (17:14)
• How to access resources in the community as an essential piece of the foster/adoptive process (19:35)
• Approaching biological kids in a way that doesn't cause resentment towards foster children (21:24)
• An important takeaway for anyone considering fostering or adopting (23:25)
• All about the experience that inspired Amy's book: Parent on Purpose (25:30)

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Kira and Deana talk about resilience and do some myth busting about what it takes to raise resilient kids as well as what true resiliency looks like.

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Episodes referenced:

Raising Kids With Emotional Intelligence

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Deana and Kira speak with Wendy Gossett, a temperament specialist and coach, who helps parents understand why their children do the things they do based our their personality types. She explains how understanding your child's temperament can be the key to unlocking a challenging relationship.

For info on Wendy:

https://wendygossett.com

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Kira and Deana discuss various way to teach your children critical thinking skills when it comes to decision making and prioritization.