How to Introduce Your Adopted Child Without Asterisks
How to Introduce Your Adopted Child Without Asterisks "This is Suzie. She is our adopted daughter."Why would you say that? When you introduce your adopted child by saying 'This is…
Adopting Toddlers: Understanding Attachment, Bonding, and Survival Behaviors
Adopting Toddlers: Understanding Attachment, Bonding, and Survival Behaviors Why Attachment and Bonding Matter in Toddler Adoption Newborns—whether adopted or biologically born—follow a predictable pattern. They cry when they are hungry…
Why Garrett’s Closed Adoption Didn’t Stay Closed
Garrett was placed in a closed adoption. His birth mother was 14 years old and not mature enough or comfortable with making connections with adoptive parents.When Garrett was 18 years…
How to Tell My Child They’re Adopted
Secrets suggest there is something to hide.Why would you hide adoption from your child?Therefore, when people ask, “How do I tell my child they’re adopted?” we respond.You tell them about…
Maybe Every Lie Isn’t Dangerous: Why Honesty About Adoption Matters
I’m not shaming parents for the lies they tell their children. For example: Acceptable lie. “When the bedroom door is locked at night, it’s because Mommy and Daddy are wrapping…
Personal Questions About Adopted Children–CAREFUL
New parents get questions.Often intrusive questions.How long was your labor?Was this baby planned?Did you want a boy/girl?When adoptive parents get, the questions can get even more intrusive.What is wrong with…
How Valid is that Marshmallow Test With Children?
You know that iconic Stanford experiment that supposedly measured childhood willpower by telling the test subjects how eating the marshmallow was okay? BUT if they waited twenty minutes without eating…