Parenting Tips for Adoptive Parents of Adopted Children

My family has spent a week at adoption camp for three summers now.  We love it and I see many more adoption camps in our future. The camp we atten

Our daughter was recently diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Prior to adopting, I didn’t know a lot about it. Turns out that

Having an open adoption often means putting aside your personal need to be in control of all situations. It also means having to confront your own

I think one of the most needed, yet least talked about, skills in parenting is the ability to not react. By not reacting I mean, while you may be s

When given 45 minutes to create and tell several different complex stories on the television screen, writers choose their words carefully. Each wor

I read an article a couple of years ago that really made my blood boil. It was about adoption trauma. I’m so tired of all the victimization. The

The way you talk to your child about their adoption story will impact them forever. This can be a wonderful thing – they could feel special a

When a child is placed for adoption, there is a chance that a lot of questions will go unanswered because they are never asked. It is very true tha

While every adoptee’s story and situation is unique, there are common experiences adoptees often encounter when interacting with the rest of the

At 18 months old, it was clear that my daughter was behind on the speech spectrum. I could count the number of words she struggled to say on one ha