Randy B.
Coming home isn’t the finish line. It’s where a whole new kind of work begins.
If someone you love is getting ready for release, or has just come home, you know it isn’t simple. Maybe it’s a halfway house first. Maybe their kid runs to them, or maybe the child hangs back. Someone else has been raising that child, there are rules they didn’t make, and supervision, work and family all need them at once. Most parents are never told what to expect.
Parenting Through Reentry walks mothers and fathers through that first stretch back, one steady step at a time, in plain, honest language for parents who want to get it right with their kids even when everything else feels uncertain.
Inside, they’ll find:
• Why a child might react in ways no one expected
• What changes when a parent is living in a halfway house
• Rebuilding trust through small promises they can keep, again and again
• Stepping back into routines and discipline gradually, without taking over
• Sharing a home, or a child, with the person who raised them while they were gone
• Handling guilt without letting it run the house
• Really listening, so a child keeps talking
• Balancing work, supervision and parenting when everything needs them at once
• What to do when coming home is harder than anyone pictured
A thoughtful book to send to a mother or father getting ready for release, and a steady guide for the whole family as they find their feet again.
No one has to get it perfect. They have to keep showing up.
Book 2 of the Behind the Walls: Parenting Series. It follows Parenting From Prison and continues with Parenting Strong After Prison.
