by GIFT Coach | May 28, 2014 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, General Discussion
As parents, we appreciate the structure that rules bring to families. Sound rules establish firm, clear boundaries. This creates a secure framework for kids. It also offers them something to push against. Kids are born explorers—courageous, persistent they strain to...
by GIFT Coach | May 21, 2014 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, Faith and Values, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Remember when we were kids and we craved our parent’s attention? We’d call their names and plead for them to watch whatever we were doing: a cartwheel, an energetic dance or, perhaps leaping high into the air. It was as if, our actions lacked value until our parents...
by GIFT Coach | May 14, 2014 | Blogs by Joann DiStefano
Mother’s Day is considered a time of celebration. Women are honored on that day by their children and feel blessed to have them in their lives. But, what about Birthmothers? Do they feel the same way? I know of many agencies that have a special day that they celebrate...
by GIFT Coach | May 14, 2014 | Blogs by Gayle Swift
Adoption is an emotionally intense topic. Nurtured in love but with its roots firmly planted in loss, it is important to respect the feelings and sensibilities of the adoptee, his birth parents and his adoptive parents.Through our cherished children w are forever...
by GIFT Coach | May 6, 2014 | Blogs by Gayle Swift
Mother’s Day is a particularly poignant one for adoptive moms. (It goes without saying, that it is a special and poignant day for birth mothers as well!) Mother was a title we yearned for. Once accomplished, it was a role cherished all the more because it was so...
