Thriving Families Quotes

“When children experience trauma, they are faced with something so terrible or extreme that it overwhelms their ability to cope. The traumatic event activates a fight, flight, or freeze response, which can affect children’s bodies, brains, emotions, and behavior. (Researchers have recently noted a possible fourth response to trauma called the fawn response, where victims respond to trauma by trying to appease or please the threatening person.3)”
― Jennifer Ranter Hook, Thriving Families: A Trauma-Informed Guidebook for the Foster and Adoptive Journey

“We had a lot to learn. We were humbled by our loving God, who gently led us to a new way of parenting our children. We turned our focus to connection over correction, looking for the needs behind the behaviors, and putting the relationship at the center of every interaction.”
― Jennifer Ranter Hook, Thriving Families: A Trauma-Informed Guidebook for the Foster and Adoptive Journey