Episode 134: Helping Kids with Their Thoughts - Interview with a Child Psychologist

This week we are so pleased to have Dr. Dayna Harris - a Child Psychologist, with us on the podcast! She has an Educational Specialist Degree and a Doctor of Education Degree, and she truly loves to work with kids. In fact we met because she was the Child Psychologist at our kids' school! And her son is one of my son's best friends! Dr. Harris shares with us how to help our kids to think about what they are thinking about, and encourages us as parents to do the same! Chapters: 0:00 - Intro  2:39 - Dr. Dayna's Background 4:19 - Good Word Of The Day!!! 6:21 - Functioning in Dysfunction 13:38 - Tailoring the Conversation to the Age of the Child 19:57 – Thinking About What You Are Thinking About 23:55 – Things Parents Should Strive to Modify 37:30 - Keeping Oneself Healthy Good Word of the Day: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,     before you were born I set you apart;     I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." - Jeremiah 1:5 If you would like to connect: Fostering Voices on Instagram You can also email us! Follow us on YouTube! AND we would LOVE it if you would SUBSCRIBE and leave us a review on iTunes! This helps others to find our podcast so we can share these voices from the foster care and adoption community with more people! If you want to see how to leave a review, check out this handy little video!