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Reflecting on Christmas

Posted on 13/01/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Its a chilly grey afternoon in early January and we have finished off the Quality Street and the last piece of shortbread. The relatives have gone home, you are back at work, kids back at school and college and everyones…

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Festive Flounderings…

Posted on 18/12/2014 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

As Christmas approaches us in the POTATO group we have mixed feelings about surviving the season with young people who often struggle with change, overwhelming pressure to do “family” and supporting young people who have odd levels of…

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