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The Houseparent Network Blog
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Blog for Houseparents and others that work in residential child care, caring for delinquent, abused and neglected children in America.
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Palentology 101
What kid doesn’t like digging in dirt? When I was a young bald faced boy, I enjoyed digging a hole or two. We would play war in the woods near our house and scrape out foxholes and lob rocks and dirt clumps at each other, until someone would ge...
“Mi Semana Loca” o Realmente “Mi Mes Loco”
Translation: “My Crazy Week” or actually “My Crazy Month” For those that have been wondering why I haven’t been around much, I can say that I have a very good reason. My life has been total chaos. I got back from vac...
Getting A Haircut, Sort Of…
Please, oh please bring back the mullet. Back in the day, my mullet reigned supreme. When it was time for a trim, I never put up a fight, as long as they left the back alone. I really thought the mullet would last forever… Which brings me to to...
I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well…
Sick days, glorious sick days. The kinda days you use when you need to take off to go fishing. In the world of residential childcare they are non-existent We actually get sick days here, I’ve just never used them. I guess a lot of it has to do ...
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Click here to get Free Papa Was A Rolling Stone MP3 at EZ-Tracks.com The one thing most kids in residential childcare share in common is the absence, or almost complete absence of a positive male role model. Almost all of the children I have worked w...
