Relationship Struggles
Sometimes putting 'real life' into words can be powerful. Here, one of our members is describing relationship struggles with her young...
Articles
- May 18
Why Won't They Just Listen?
The Safe and Sound Protocol is a listening programme based on Dr. Stephen Porges' Theory.
- Apr 1
ASF 2022 Support Criteria
Here it is at last – ASF 22 criteria published today. FUNDING ELIGIBILITY To be eligible for funding, local authorities and RAAs must...
- Nov 17, 2021
Child to Parent Abuse – UK National Study Day
A Potato member's view given as a Presentation to a UK national study day on child-to-parent abuse on 15 November 2021. Child to parent...
- Oct 27, 2021
Strengthening Families – All-Party Parliamentary Group for Adoption & Permanence
The Care Review, The Spending Review - Is any of it enough? The long awaited APPGAP report relating to adoption and permanence has now...
- Oct 25, 2021
Mindfulness as an antidote to stress
Reproduced by kind permission of Simone Harch who runs hiddenvictims.co.uk Caring for a child who has experienced early life adversity...
- May 12, 2021
Trauma damage to the brain
After a difficult week one of our members , Louise , wrote this: – Just going to leave this here because I know many of you are, or have...
- Apr 24, 2021
I’m Tired…
Potato Members have recently been attending a variety of online events talking about CPV (Child to Parent Violence), Attachment and The...
- Feb 24, 2021
Trauma Inspired Poetry
There are some of our members who are not only adopters but also Special Guardians. The Potato Group has been given permission to publish...
- Feb 1, 2021
Regulation and the Adoptive Parent
A very interesting blog piece around regulation. We have been kindly been given permission to post it here. If you would like to visit...
- Jan 17, 2021
How Can A Potato Make A Difference?
Being an adopter faced with the complexity and difficulties of parenting our tats through the teenage years and beyond, we are held back...
- Jan 6, 2021
Don’t judge until you’ve walked a mile in my shoes
One of our members recently had a conversation with a friend which left her struggling. “My son is making some difficult choices this...
- Nov 9, 2020
Adoptive Parent’s Poem
This moving piece of poetry was written by a member. It clearly shows the struggle and heartbreak that many adoptive parents experience,...
- Oct 26, 2020
What Free School Meals Meant to Me
This is the letter that the adult adopted daughter of one of our members wrote to her MP. It’s a powerful reminder of just how important...
- Oct 24, 2020
Reflections on National Adoption Week
Our first contribution, written powerfully from the heart, comes from a member who is tirelessly advocating for her adopted son 20 years...
- Jul 8, 2019
POTATO Arts Day (2019)
Every year, we have a couple of days break from looking after our traumatised adopted young people. In the team of POTATO we have some...
- Jun 21, 2019
Special Guardians and Adopters Together
Whilst Potato is a support group, SG&AT are a campaigning group. It’s members ‘come together to think about what needs to change and...
- Mar 4, 2019
Parents experience of Child Protection.
There are a large number of families with traumatised adoptees who have been subjected to child protection enquiries. Our group has...
- Mar 4, 2019
When a child is trafficked…
Not an easy thing to talk about but our wonderful adoptive mum Sonya and her daughter Danni are giving it a go. There are a fair...
- Mar 4, 2019
Foetal Alcohol and School
There are lots of adopted children who have foetal alcohol who have particular challenges in life and educationally. Not many children...
- Mar 4, 2019
Film 1- Modern Adoption
We are delighted to share a set of short film clips made by one of our members and her now young adult daughter. Emotional in places,...