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Children and Divorce

Why do children feel that a divorce means they did something wrong? Emotions can be extremely overpowering as an adult, for children they are drastically heightened. Divorce is a stressful and emotional experience for not only the adult but more so for the children. Children have a difficult time processing the situation due…

Why you shouldn’t spank your child

Children, Counseling

As a parent, the first response to a child acting up is discipline. Due to generational patterns and behaviors, many of us learned that spanking was the first and foremost form of discipline. According to Robert Sege and Benjamin Siegel (2018), there is a strong correlation between corporal punishment being linked to and…

November: Adoption Awareness Month

Adoption

November: Adoption Awareness Month Around 140,000 children are adopted by American families each year, and around 62% of babies in domestic infant adoptions were placed with their adoptive families within a month of birth (Adoption Network, 2013). This is quite a large number, but many people do not understand what exactly adoption…

Guiding a Mother Through Grief and Loss Around the Holidays

Children, Counseling, Pregnancy

Guiding a Mother Through Grief and Loss Around the Holidays Comforting anyone who has experienced a loss of any kind is an incredibly difficult, and emotional task, harder even when it is a perinatal birth or miscarriage. As a hospital social worker, you are no stranger to grief and loss, and neither…

Should you trust a babysitter to watch your child?

Children

Parents might be occupied with different responsibilities throughout the week. They might rely on family members and friends to watch their kids while they are occupied. Some parents might seek a babysitter to help them feel a little less stressed with everything that they have going on. Things to consider · Preferences:…

When to take your child the Emergency Room

Children, General

There will be times where your child might not feel well. You might start to panic because you do not know what to do. You only know that your child is not okay and that you need to seek medical help immediately. However, how do you distinguish the difference between going to…

Ways to deal with Anxiety During Pregnancy

Pregnancy

Ways to deal with Anxiety During Pregnancy When women are pregnant, they go through a lot of changes. These changes can be physically and mentally. These changes can be challenging for women. Often times, it can create a sense of anxiety. Many mothers can feel lost or confused because they might not know…

Telehealth Counseling

Counseling

Telehealth What is all this hype about Telehealth? Well, Telehealth is a way to communicate effectively with both the sender and receiver being able to hear a voice, see a facial expression, and note a person’s body language. It is the next best thing to having an appointment in person. The only thing…

Benefits of an Open Adoption

Adoption

When I think about our open adoption through Hopeful Beginnings today as we have navigated through these days of COVID uncertainty, one idea is 100% certain. We have the BEST open adoption for us! Hopeful Beginnings continues to support our birth mother with any issues around her new family as well as helping…

Flu Shot Facts

General

Importance of the Influenza Vaccine (Flu Shot) Every once in awhile, people get sick. We tend to see people sick around the time that the weather begins to change. Since people get the flu, the flu researchers developed a flu shot that can protect people from getting it. However, what is the…

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Hopeful Beginnings of St. Mary’s Services was established in 1887, with the vision of providing every child a good home. We continue this mission with adoption services and maternity counseling services.

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