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Conference and AGM

Posted on 22/12/2015 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Hello all POTATO group members and interested people 🙂 In November we held our AGM and conference with a mix of speakers and information sharing amongst peers. AGM. The Steering group met and it was decided that the roles within…

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Welcome to the world of LEGGIT & SCARPER…

Posted on 19/09/2014 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

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 is the young runners and leavers. These expert terrified toddlers are inexpert young adolescents…

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Therapeutic reparenting adopted teens

Posted on 31/05/2014 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

OK readers! I am POTATO Champion and 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 are 13 years in and have been…

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Welcome all Parents of Teens, Adopted in the UK

Posted on 21/05/2014 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

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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 are incredible survivors who need specialist parenting which can be very hard going….

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