Growing Intentional Families Together Blog
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Five Goals for Growing Your Perspective of Adoption
n acknowledgment that November is National Adoption Awareness Month, we challenge you to GROW your perspective of adoption. We invite you to move beyond seeing adoption as a “blessing” or “miracle” to embrace the more complicated reality. Help build a more nuanced conversation about adoption one that acknowledges the bitter and the sweet, the losses and the gains, the heartache and the joy. Here are several GROW suggestions to which you might commit. If you prefer, please create some of your own.
Facing the Storms of Family Life
Did you realize that adoptive parenting and hurricane preparedness have a lot in common? Think of it as “Hope for the...
Without you The Picture Is Incomplete
Digital photography makes it easy for us to snap dozens—if not hundreds of pictures of our kids documenting almost...
WHY DO I WANT TO BECOME AN ADOPTIVE PARENT?
If adopting is on your radar, it is essential to answer the question, Why Do I want to Become an adoptive parent?...
Simon Benn Interviews Coach Gayle H. Swift
Gayle H. Swift, one of our coaches was recently interviewed by adult adoptee Simon Benn for his podcast, "Thriving...
6 Important Parenting Lessons: Balancing Risk and Safety
As parents, we raise our families following a compass built on our Values and Beliefs. We rely on these...
9 Simple Ways To Help Kids Feel Safe
Human beings have a primal need for "felt safety." This need is intensified in adoptees. According to Maslow's...
Offering GRACE Mother to Mother on Mother’s Day
In our culture, we celebrate motherhood and moms. If you are a mother, On Mother's Day, your family may honor you with...
Strengthen Families and Prevent Child Abuse
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and is intended to prevent child abuse as well as raise awareness of...
4 Things Kids Need to Flourish
Bananas, Cacti, and Kids--What do they have in common? Stay with me and I will explain. The old maxim that...