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Adopting
- Acquiring English
- Adopted Kids I Know
- Dear Adoption Agencies
- Does "Older Child" mean "Special Needs"?
- Grief and Loss in Adopted Children
- In For the Long Haul
- My Musings
- Older Child Adoption: Becoming a Family (Russia)
- Spirituality in Adoption
- Successful Parenting Traits
- The Adjustment Period with a Dog (Similar to Adopting an Older Child)
- Things Everyone Told Me
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Parenting
- At-Home Therapy
- Challenges: When Older Adopted Children Won't Go To Bed
- Creating a Sense of Self
- Funny and Happy Memories
- Gotcha Day (Adoption Day Celebrations)
- Hannah's Healing
- Importance of Parental Consistency
- It's Just a Doll
- Laughing
- Maintain Control in Parenting
- My Top Ten Memories
- Parental Storytelling
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Howard & Mary (VA)
Hi! Our names are Mary & Howard and we are a loving couple wishing to adopt an infant or toddler. We have been happily married for 8 years and feel very fortunate. A little... [more]
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