by sstinson | Jun 27, 2023 | Child Welfare, Community News, Health, News, Parenting, remote work, Special Needs, Trauma, Wellness
By Abdul Seraaj Edited by Shay Stinson and Intisar Seraaj “On September 16, 2019, I was asked to give a parental testimony in front of the Montgomery (Alabama) YMCA Metro Board of Directors about how swimming has impacted the life of my son Rasheed Seraaj. I’d...
by sstinson | Feb 3, 2023 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting, Social Work, therapy, Uncategorized, Wellness
Dear parents, I’m not sure your bare feet in the middle of the night will thank me for this information but; buy more legos! That’s right. As it turns out, they are just what our kiddos need to fine-tune some things. We’re researching ways to get children more...
by sstinson | May 20, 2022 | Foster Care, therapy, Uncategorized, Wellness
When your only weapon to fight trauma and stigma is love, you fight hard and become a pretty intuitive warrior. We experienced this love at The Grandma Home House Retreat on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at our annual fellowship for National Foster Care Month. Love is the...
by intisar | Apr 5, 2022 | Child Welfare, Parenting
By Intisar Seraaj As of March 2022, Wales has joined the list of more than 60 countries that have made corporal punishment illegal. The United States isn’t on that list. As an agency that works with youth with traumatic and abusive pasts, we train our foster parents...
by intisar | Mar 30, 2022 | Health, Parenting
By Intisar Seraaj Self-care and self-love have been hot topics of conversation for a while now, and it seems like they’re here to stay, because there’s so much to explore within these concepts. First, some of us must overcome the feeling of guilt when making ourselves...
