Growing Intentional Families Together Blog
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‘Tis the Season for Giving, Receiving and “Returning”
At GIFT Family Services, we constantly look for ways to help families connect and create positive relationships and...
Adoption Is a “We” story, Not a “You” Story.
We adoptive parents are thrilled to have our children in our lives. For most of us, the adoption process...
ABC, Adoption & Me– a Multicolor Picture book for Adoptive Families
What compelled you to write "ABC, Adoption & Me"? Adoption brought great joy to my husband and me. We were...
National Adoption Month–an Adoptee’s Perspective: The importance of biological Connections
In honor of National Adoption Month, we are sharing the insights of adoptees. We invited them to share any thoughts...
Reaching across Your Child’s Walls
It takes great effort to remain calm during a verbal attack launched by an out of control child. The natural...
How Do Parents Live Out the Realities of Open Adoptions?
As adoptive parents observe a warm relationship between their child and his birth parents, complicated emotions may...
Evolving Boundaries in Open Adoptions
Before your child joined your family and you and your child's birth parents chose Open Adoption, it probably seemed...
Giving Kids the Chance to Do Things Themselves
What are your goals as a parent and how do you know you're progressing toward them? Have you and your partner...
Sharing the Spotlight of Parental Attention
On our weekly conference call with my GIFT partners, we talked about the influence our kids choices have on one...
Building Family Connections
According to Steven Covey, "The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we...
