Securely Attached: How Understanding Childhood Trauma Will Transform Your Parenting- A Handbook for Adoptive and Foster Parents

Has Trauma Affected the Child You’re Caring For?

Just as you prepared your home to welcome a new child, it is important to prepare your heart and mind—especially if the child has suffered from a background of trauma. Perhaps your invitation for love is met with hostility, and you find that this new member of your family rejects connection. If so, then it’s critical to acknowledge the effects of trauma on a child’s ability to attach.

Mike and Kristin Berry realized this when they became adopti...