by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Sep 9, 2021 | Thoughts for Families
We’ve gotten glib about this very complicated issue. “I identify as she/her, white, mother and Texan.” Or “I identify as a black American.” Though not an adoptee, I am very aware of my experience with identity development. My chaotic family fell short in comparison to...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Aug 16, 2021 | Thoughts for Families
I usually talk to you about how to take care of yourself first so you can take care of others. This time I want to explore the art form known as a family. I could pick any of several metaphors for this: a car, the human body, a track ball mouse, or a crib mobile. They...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Jul 15, 2021 | Thoughts for Families
I have to remind myself to offer my credentials occasionally to those readers who may wonder why I write the way I do. Though I have a Master’s degree in Psychology (and have let my counseling license lapse); it is not this that I feel is the best source for my...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Jun 15, 2021 | Thoughts for Families, Uncategorized
Skin color matters. Hair texture matters. History matters. I know I risk angering some readers with these ideas but that has never stopped me before. I hope you will stay with me. 1. My daughter’s best friend in high school was a black girl whose daddy had served in...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | May 13, 2021 | Thoughts for Families, Uncategorized
We are into this pandemic for over a year. I hope you are able to get vaccinated. So many of us have health issues that prevent us from getting vaccinations; it is up to the rest of us to do what we can to achieve herd immunity. I had no problems with the first...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Apr 14, 2021 | Thoughts for Families
When I’m not annoyed, irritable, distracted, angry, hungry, or otherwise dysregulated, it is pretty cool what my neocortex can come up with in the way of creative responses to the children in my care. I’ll share an old, favorite story then another, less productive but...
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