The Connected Parent : Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment (Paperback)

from Cassie

Being a foster/adoptive mom doesn't come with a handbook, but this book sure helps! The Connected Parent gives so many real-life examples that help bring solid parenting concepts down to the real world. Dr. Karyn Purvis s clinical insight partnered with Lisa's real-life examples make this book a ...

from Eliza

About fifteen years ago I discovered Dr. Purvis through adoption blogs as I attempted to understand how to care for the kids I was nannying as well as how to support my friends who had adopted. Dr. Purvis insight offered relief and hope, but most helpful were the blogs themselves. Finally, here ...

from Rachael

I love the personal experience that Lisa brings to The Connected Parent! The key thing no one told us when we were becoming foster and then adoptive parents was that our parenting style would have to shift. Almost every traditional thing we knew about parenting would not work nor be beneficial fo...

from Jessica

The Connected Parent is the perfect combination of science and real world application. Dr Purvis and Lisa Qualls have delivered this message with such grace and gentleness that it feels like a conversation over coffee. And yet the information is absolutely invaluable! So practical and full of hel...

from Bill

As an adoptive parent of two special needs children, I have waited anxiously for The Connected Parent book. We saw Dr. Purvis speak at her conference in 2014 a couple of months prior to our adoption and knew we would be using TBRI with our newest additions. After six years of parenting children...