If you are wondering what happens in the Parents with ACEs group I have two things that might help.
- Summary of Last Week's Posts
- Group Mission Statement
Last Week in the Parenting with ACEs Group
- The Science Behind Pregnant Fathers Huffington Post link.
- A link to the Jama Network Association of Reports of Childhood Abuse and All-Cause Mortality Rates in Women and brief commentary.
- An article about Break-the-Cycle Parenting first published in The Fix.
- A link to the Therapeutic Parenting Journal and information about membership in the Attachment Trauma Network.
- A beautiful essay about Triggers written by Arwen Faulkner.
- A link to the New York Times article by by David Bornstein that quotes Jane Stevens and mentions ACEs and parenting.
Mission Statement for Parenting with ACEs Group
- Show how a background of ACEs affects parents’ responses and the environment we create - or fail to create.
- Understanding how past impacts present.
- Support trauma-informed initiatives with ACE-aware understanding for adults to better protect children currently living with or recovering from traditional ACEs as well as adverse community experiences.
- Using ACEs science to improve outcome for growing children.
- Promote conversation and collaboration between professionals and parents working as partners and peers beyond token representation.
- Find ways to make parenting with ACEs easier and more effective.
- Help people move from a traditional approach to an ACEs-science-informed approach.
- Create new approaches, collaborations and stronger parents, families, organizations, systems and communities.
- Share the unique trials, tribulations and triumphs of parents with ACEs from first-hand perspectives.
- Tell the truth about how it is.
Find the Parenting with ACEs group on the ACEsConnection Groups page.
This group is open to anyone interested in joining.
Please let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.
Photo by Margaret Bellafiore - Body Language exhibit.
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