Adoption Lessons: Watching for Opportunities to Teach
Lessons of permanency are adoption lessons that I want cemented into the hearts of my children. They have a family, no matter what. I love Memorial Day Weekend I know all…
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Adoption Love: It’s Complicated
If we focus on adoption love, rather than justifying our actions, we will be able to help children to learn how to have successful family lives. So when is Love the Enemy?…
Adoption Identity: The Complex Creation Puzzle
Adoption identity is often influenced by the child’s interpretation of who was at fault for the failure of their first family. The Truth. The Whole Truth. And Nothing but the Truth. Think…
Special Needs Adoption. It’s Not Just the Family and Child
Special Needs adoption adds an element of inconvenience to families, but I have never seen an inconvenience that is so much fun. It Wasn’t Just Our Family Adopting Jack. It Was Everyone.…
Children's Adoption Emotions
In our home, adoption emotions are never wrong. You have the right to feel any way you feel. Dad… I miss my first mom. I used to hate her. Is that OK?…
Complicated Adoption Process. Preparation: Part 3
The most important thing you will do in preparing for the complicated adoption process is to gather and research the most current information available. Part 3 of: Adoption is Extremely Complicated. Don’t…
Complicated Adoption Process. Preparation: Part 2
The most important thing you will do in preparing for the complicated adoption process is to gather and research the most current information available. Part 2 of: Adoption is Extremely Complicated. Don’t…
Complicated Adoption Process. Preparation: Part 1
The most important thing you will do in preparing for the complicated adoption process is to gather and research the most current information available. Adoption is Extremely Complicated. Don’t do it (without…
The Complicated Adoption Journey (For all Involved)
Everyone involved is on an adoption journey. Different groups would do well to learn from others, whether or not they appreciate their position (or more often, their presentation). Adoption is a Paradox…
Patience Within Effective Families: Trends not Steps
We learned that patience within effective families is different for every individual person and every individual family. We learned more, too... Trends not Steps Amy was the patient one. In her…
The RAD Child Development Called Reactive Attachment Disorder
For two of my daughters, inconsistency in needs being met and the rotating caregivers that provided for those needs made up the incubator that caused RAD child development to thrive. Reactive Attachment Disorder:…
Girls From Russia are Hard (It's not Russia, Though)
Of course it has nothing to do with nationality, but that is what Sarah perceived. She was too inexperienced to understand her statement as judgmental, nationalistic, politically incorrect, or anything other than…