Parenting
Features
- Importance of Parental Consistency
- Laughing
- Parental Storytelling
- Snippets from the Life of An Older Child Adoptive Family
- Sports Participation
- The Perfect Match on Adopting the Older Child
- Therapeutic Storytelling
- Things I Did Right
- Things I Did Wrong
- Time for You
- Tips for Parenting the Tough Ones
- It's Just a Doll
- At-Home Therapy
- Maintain Control in Parenting
- Parenting Tips for Mothers
- Creating a Sense of Self
- Social Skills for our Children
- What We Have to Unlearn as Older Child Adoptive Parents
- Finding an Attachment Therapist
- Challenges: When Older Adopted Children Won't Go To Bed
- Funny and Happy Memories
- Gotcha Day (Adoption Day Celebrations)
- Hannah's Healing
- My Top Ten Memories
Importance of Parental Consistency
Consistency , n . steadfast adherence to the same principles; agreement or harmony among the parts of a complex thing All parenting books talk about how consistency is critical. Examp... [more]
Laughing
Giggling. Joking. Silliness. Laughing. Having fun makes us better parents, helps the relationship with our children, and pushes us through the rough times. Helping attachment&hellip... [more]
Parental Storytelling
Many parents use storytelling to supplement reading books to their children. Children love being told stories. There's an added level of interaction from reading a story including your own v... [more]
Snippets from the Life of An Older Child Adoptive Family
Hannah arrived home in December 1997. We've been a family for four years now. These journal entries share both the joys and challenges. 26 December 1998, here 13 months For C... [more]
Sports Participation
We have all heard the statistics regarding children involved in sports. How kids in sports are less likely to be involved in drugs. That girls are less likely to get pregnant. But, there ar... [more]
The Perfect Match on Adopting the Older Child
Shortly after Hannah got home, I told a friend of mine about my new six-year-old daughter and commented that she was rather strong willed. He laughed and said, "... [more]
Therapeutic Storytelling
Most adoptive parents tell a variation on the story, "The Day We Met You," or, "Our Story," or "How You Came Into My Life." This story shares the adoptio... [more]
Things I Did Right
Hannah, age nine, has been home three years. Here are things I've done right in the time she's been my daughter. Several of them were things I never thought about before I became an a... [more]
Things I Did Wrong
My daughter has been home for over three years now. With time and parenting experience behind me, I realize I did several things wrong when I first adopted Hannah at age six. I di... [more]
Time for You
When do we get a break? When do we get time for us? How do we find time? Parents balance multiple challenges within day to day living. Finding parental time to get re-charged and renewed... [more]
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