by Gayle Swift | Nov 14, 2018 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Last week’s blog explored how values influence our parenting. We focused specifically on kindness and the importance of teaching our children how to be kind to themselves and others. During a follow-up conversation with my daughter—who also happens to be a teacher in...
by Gayle Swift | Oct 31, 2018 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Last week during a discussion around the dinner table, my daughter’s step-daughter posed a question: As a parent, what do you think is the most important thing you can teach your children? That’s a powerful and provocative question, especially from a high school...
by Gayle Swift | Oct 24, 2018 | General Discussion
Halloween is just around the corner and a rapid succession of holidays will quickly follow. As Intentional Parents, we have the opportunity to be deliberate about which holidays to observe as well as how we will celebrate them. Whether we follow traditional routines...
by Gayle Swift | Oct 17, 2018 | General Discussion
I have skipped writing GIFT’s weekly blog post during the last few weeks because I’ve been in the process of moving. Downsizing actually. This requires me to be particularly disciplined about deciding what to keep. I’d forgotten what an energy and time drain moving...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 19, 2018 | Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Wildfires, tornadoes, floods and hurricanes—weather has dominated the headlines in recent months. Disaster strikes with heartless intensity. Even a single death is one too many. Mother Nature can exact a crushing toll. Though many of the losses are material and...
