Sing in the rain

Therapeutic parenting is a significant topic of discussion during the training. For me, the purpose of this is to help me to understand them, as well as to build that bond with them in a constructive, nurturing way. Whilst that can sound like it’s more for the child/ren, it’s very much for all of us.  When people talk about therapeutic parenting, they often talk about the PACE model of parenting. PACE is a recognised as a model of care which helps support and form secure attachments with children and young people who may have experienced difficulties in early life. PACE stands for P layfulness, A cceptance, C uriosity, E mpathy.  ( What Is PACE Parenting? | Compass Fostering ) So, what might this mean for me and my future parenting? (I was asked back in stage two) I will be looking to consciously parent in a therapeutic way, I feel that this is quite true to my values and helps me to ensure that I’ll be giving them the best environment to help support their development. I’m na...

A journey of unknown length. The thing with looking for a match is that it can take days, months or years. I am comfortable with focussing on the next steps. It's something that really grew from the pacing lessons I learnt as I worked through illness and disability challenges previously. It was important to me to share the journey that I'm going on with my friends and family. For support through the roller coaster of the process and for them to also be able to have time to adjust to the journey and the likelihood of new additions, but it's strange trying to explain the pace. I use the LinkMaker website to search for children who I think might be a match.  I log on and click 'advanced search' - unfortunately it doesn't remember these settings for me. I set it to search for two children (2 min and 2 max), I also scroll down to ensure that it doesn't show me children that they've said would only be suitable to be adopted by couples or by adopting families w...