There are some mistakes folk make when talking about traumatised kids, really it boils down to not wanting to think too much on the awful...

A POTATO Member has sent in this clever poem to share, and we hope you enjoy it with a cuppa. It really is vitally important to take a...

Was it ever right that I tried to be your mummy? How could you accept that when I wasn’t ‘tummy mummy’? She made you and she bore you, ...

It’s Sunday and the roar of Sally Donovan has begun to die down. She did a great article in this weeks “Community Care” and there has...

Hello all POTATO group members and interested people 🙂 In November we held our AGM and conference with a mix of speakers and information...

It is time for the seasonal blog and its BBQ weather. Yes…. British weather so darting indoors missing the showers, hoping the gateau...

We live on planet adoption. Our lives are so very distinct to other parents. We applaud when our child cries… because it's rare that...

When life in with your teen isn’t tough enough they start a whole new range of activities! One that comes up a lot within our community...

OK readers!  I have 2 adopted teenagers who were at infants school when they came to me. Now, wow 19 and 16, how did that happen? Now we...

We are a UK based group of parents who have adopted our children from the looked after system in the past 20+ years. All of our teenagers...