---
title: "Living and Working with Kin: A Real Life Experience"
description: "**Summary: **This video provides real life examples and dramatizations of the unique challenges relative caregivers face when a family member's child comes to live with them.   **Application: **It's essential that professionals understand the unique challenges of kinship caregiving so that they…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/kinship/living-and-working-with-kin-a-real-life-experience/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Kinship Care
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Families
  - Mental health professionals
  - Video
---

# Living and Working with Kin: A Real Life Experience

**Summary: **This video provides real life examples and dramatizations of the unique challenges relative caregivers face when a family member's child comes to live with them.

 

**Application: **It's essential that professionals understand the unique challenges of kinship caregiving so that they can prepare and support caregivers. This video can also be helpful for mental health providers working with kinship families.

 

**Source: **Children's Community Programs of Connecticut

 

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