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Sep 30, 2017
LBC Interview, POTATO members
We have had a very busy week here in POTATO land, with interviews, pieces on TV, radio and social media. This interview was with two...
Sep 25, 2017
Today is TV & Media day!
Founder member and chair of POTATO is to appear on the Victoria Derbyshire BBC2 programme. Together with fellow experienced adoptive...
Sep 15, 2017
Children’s Society initiative
Our Chairperson has been in touch with the Childrens Society and because we have a lot of common ground we felt you all might like to get...
Jun 18, 2017
Arts Pictures
If you were wondering what sort of Art the Arts day is about- here are some pictures of the work produced. (With permission of the artists.)
Jun 17, 2017
Bamboo scaffolding
Welcome to this months Blog piece all about the wonderful founder member from our group taking her TAT (Traumatised Adopted Teen) away on...
Apr 3, 2017
New venture with a BLOG.
We are very excited to announce that we have begun a regular weekly blog of: articles, reflections, blog diaries and information...
Mar 25, 2017
Time out! It’s Mother’s Day
As Mothers Day can cause a lot of upset for families with traumatised adoptees in them we have decided to have a TIME OUT event. The...
Oct 13, 2016
What we are on about when we say “traumatised adoptees”.
There are some mistakes folk make when talking about traumatised kids, really it boils down to not wanting to think too much on the awful...
Sep 16, 2016
Clever poem for your five minutes and cuppa….
A POTATO Member has sent in this clever poem to share, and we hope you enjoy it with a cuppa. It really is vitally important to take a...
Mar 25, 2016
Door left ajar
Was it ever right that I tried to be your mummy? How could you accept that when I wasn’t ‘tummy mummy’? She made you and she bore you, ...
Mar 6, 2016
Sally Donovan’s Article
It’s Sunday and the roar of Sally Donovan has begun to die down. She did a great article in this weeks “Community Care” and there has...
Dec 22, 2015
Conference and AGM
Hello all POTATO group members and interested people 🙂 In November we held our AGM and conference with a mix of speakers and information...
Aug 12, 2015
Bbqs, holidays and first on the list.
It is time for the seasonal blog and its BBQ weather. Yes…. British weather so darting indoors missing the showers, hoping the gateau...
May 19, 2015
APV when planets collide
We live on planet adoption. Our lives are so very distinct to other parents. We applaud when our child cries… because it's rare that...
Sep 19, 2014
Welcome to the world of LEGGIT & SCARPER…
When life in with your teen isn’t tough enough they start a whole new range of activities! One that comes up a lot within our community...
May 31, 2014
Therapeutic reparenting adopted teens
OK readers! I have 2 adopted teenagers who were at infants school when they came to me. Now, wow 19 and 16, how did that happen? Now we...
May 21, 2014
Welcome to all parents of teens (and post teens) adopted in the UK
We are a UK based group of parents who have adopted our children from the looked after system in the past 20+ years. All of our teenagers...
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