by Gayle Swift | Sep 10, 2025 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attuned Parenting, Adoption Attunement, Adoption books, Adoption realities
I am confident that parents who adopt intend to be good parents and want their children to view their adoption as good not only during their childhood but also into their adult lives. Parents aspire to build relationships characterized by secure, healthy...
by Gayle Swift | Aug 13, 2025 | Adoption Attuned Parenting, Adoption Attunement, Adoption realities, Adoption success
Every month this blog post takes a look into some of the points made during our recent vlog/podcast. Our featured guest this month was Dr. Sharon A McNamara, a licensed psychotherapist and an adoptee. She “believes that most children have some version of relational...
by Gayle Swift | Jul 9, 2025 | Open Adoption
Today I would like to focus on my perception of how Elizabeth Barbour, an adoptee, author and an adoptive parent has successfully managed both her reunion with own birth family and her daughter’s open adoption. Elizabeth recently spoke on our vlog/podcast. She...
by Gayle Swift | Jun 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Reflections On Fathers in Adoption–Having One and Being One In this month’s vlog conversation, Tony, Thom and TJ discussed their thoughts and feelings about fatherhood in adoptive families. Tony is an adoptee raised by two lesbian mothers. Thom is a birth...
by Gayle Swift | May 14, 2025 | Adoption constellation, Adoption realities
This month’s vlog/podcast includes several short videos of triad members talking about mothers, motherhood and being mothered. Adoption weaves a complicated web of intersecting perspectives around motherhood. So, we anticipated that the conversation might...
