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April 16, 2024
Navigating the Teen Years
Being a teenager is just plain hard. These years are full of jolting twists and turns. If you’re an adopted teen, the path will...
Parent
April 11, 2024
Why Adoption Identity is Important
Adoption is a commitment and journey that transforms lives. As adoptive parents, you need to be ready for an era filled with lots of love...
Parent
April 10, 2024
NCFA Training Opportunity: Talking to Friends and Family About Adoption
NCFA Training Opportunity: Talking to Friends and Family About Adoption Date and Time: May 16th | 1:00 – 2:00pm ETRegistration: Free,...
Parent
April 09, 2024
Why Some Adoptive Parents Seem Too Strict
“I am a cool mom!” At least I thought I was going to be a cool mom. In reality, I am often the oversized sweatshirt and leggings mom...
Parent
April 07, 2024
Learning to Embrace the Unknowns of Adoption
Learning to Embrace the Unknowns of Adoption It was like one of those scenes from a movie when everything is in slow motion. Our closest...
Parent
March 28, 2024
Foster to Adopt Texas
Adoption is a beautiful way to start your family or grow your family, and it can happen in many ways. There are, of course, international...
Parent
March 26, 2024
Things to Stop Saying to Adoptive Families
We’ve all been there before. You say the exact wrong thing and you’re stuck trying to backpedal and recover but manage to make it...
Parent
March 24, 2024
Reflections from an Adoptive Mother
Reflections from an Adoptive Mother Here’s the thing. We don’t know stuff until we know stuff right? Adoption wasn’t especially...
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Parent
March 23, 2024
Navigating Sensitivity and Support in Adoption
Here’s the thing. We don’t know stuff until we know stuff right? Adoption wasn’t especially common maybe 60 years ago, or even 40...
Parent
March 22, 2024
Unique Ways to Bond With Your Kids
Before delving into unique bonding opportunities with your kids, it’s essential to recognize the significance of these moments,...
Parent
March 21, 2024
What is Attachment Theory?
What is Attachment theory? Attachment theory is the name of a theory that explains how a child’s first relationships are integral...
Parent
March 19, 2024
Learning About Intergenerational Trauma as an Adoptive Parent
There was an article in Time Magazine that talked about the survivors of the holocaust and how it affected the genes of subsequent...
Parent
March 17, 2024
Feeling Grateful to be a Mom Through Adoption
Becoming a mom goes beyond biology. It’s an emotional, life-changing experience that goes deeper than DNA. As a mom through adoption, my...
Parent
March 09, 2024
How to Support Your Adopted Teen
The teenage years are a whirlwind of change and discovery. Whirlwind meaning, hang onto your hats! They come with, let’s call them...
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