Finally, a book for parents that clarifies the latest thoughts on neurobiology, physiology, and trauma, explaining what research means for the daily lives of parents of children who have experienced pain. Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon, adoption and care experts who are also adoptive parents, explain how this knowledge can help parents better understand and care for their child. They analyze why conventional parenting techniques are often not helpful for a child who has experienced early trauma and examine why the therapeutic reparenting process is the only way to help restore unhealthy neurobiological and behavioral patterns affecting the child's development. The authors do not shy away from pointing out how difficult the reparenting process is, acknowledging how hard it can be to recognize our own shortcomings as parents and change our own parenting patterns. They also offer valuable advice for a range of common parenting challenges - from defusing outbursts and aggression to negotiating bedtime and changes in routine, and ensuring that special occasions are remembered for all the right reasons. The book Reparenting the Child Who Hurts is a humane, realistic survival guide for any parent caring for a child with developmental trauma or attachment difficulties and will also offer information and perspectives for social workers, teachers, counselors, and other professionals involved in supporting adopted and foster families.