“Muffins with Mom”, “Daddy Donut Day”, and assignments like “How did you receive your name?” are just a few events and assignments that can generate unhappy feelings with your adopted child. Students can bring home tricky homework assignments and flyers about difficult school events. Your mind may be racing trying to figure out how you ...
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When kids have tricky questions, I turn to others for advice, whether that be my friends, family, or the internet. When I search for “how to tell your child about ______,” I am often referred to storybooks. How brilliant! Storybook authors have made their living out of entertaining and speaking to children, so I often turn to them to explain what I cannot. Adoption is one of those topics that are tricky for kids to understand sometimes. Why am I adopted? What does…
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Giving your baby up for adoption is not an easy decision. In fact, it will likely be one of the hardest decisions of your life. I’ve worked with many expectant mothers and have witnessed the range of emotions that come with the adoption process. Sadness, guilt, even feeling stupid, are all common feelings. The following are descriptions of the main emotions you might feel when going through this experience and ways on how to work through them. Sadness At the end of your…
One of the most important things to realize about agile adoption is that there will be challenges. Having the right coach will help you weather them.
I would like to think that over the past nine years and three adopted children, I have learned a lit...
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