Episode 54 - Mondays with Melissa
Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.
On today’s episode, Melissa shares how she got to the place of leaving her job in Child Welfare to start Mending Families. She also gives her thoughts on a few topics that came up in her conversation with Matt Anderson in last week's episode. Melissa believes that in order to do better, we have to be willing to listen and grow our compassion. Let’s start here!
Thoughts on child welfare, adoption, trauma informed systems, and termination of parental rights
Topics Melissa mentions:
*What Happened to You by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey is a must-read!
*All Rise for the Good of the Children is a documentary that anyone involved in child welfare system needs to watch
*Matt Anderson interviews Cory Best in a 2-part podcast episode which was so moving. Check out part 1 and part 2
*Unbelievable Resilient is a podcast and organization that helps tell the stories of those who have grown up in foster care
*Check out the monthly membership for more trauma informed trainings, freebies, giveaways and peer support at www.mendingfamilieswa.com/membership
*Read the book Parenting a Child with Big Baffling Behaviors by Robyn Gobbel
*Listen to Robyn Gobbel’s podcast, Big Baffling Behaviors
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