by Gayle Swift | Apr 27, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Lynn Cooper, Difficult Discussions, Foster Parenting, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
I know I am. My husband once told me I plan too much. I didn’t understand the concept, one can not plan too much. The message he was sending me was that I was too attached to my plans. If things didn’t work out the way I wanted or expected them to, I was...
by Gayle Swift | Apr 11, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Foster Parenting, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
I was listening to an audio recently on the topic of children & praise. As a parent I enjoy encouraging my children, noticing and commenting on their efforts. The unique point made in this discussion was this: praise the effort not the product. At first, this...
by Gayle Swift | Mar 28, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, Foster Parenting, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships
Like many of you, I am an adopted parent. My two sons are now adults and I am very proud of the men they have become. Yet there was a time, when my oldest son was in his teens, that I feared for his well-being and happiness. My son had some challenges that I knew...
by gayles | Mar 21, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Strengthening Family Relationships
“You are Not My Real Mother!” I imagine every adoptive parent dreads hearing these words being spoken by their beloved adopted child. My daughter is now 23 years old. When she screamed that dreaded sentence, she was 9—frustrated and very angry. Her words stung in that...
by GIFT Coach | Feb 28, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Lynn Cooper, Difficult Discussions, Foster Parenting, Strengthening Family Relationships
Hello friends! Looking at the calendar recently, I began to prepare once again for the marking of my 1st son’s arrival home to Seattle on a cold and rainy midnight some 19 years ago! Each year our family has in one way or another marked this incredible anniversary of...
by Gayle Swift | Feb 21, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Difficult Discussions, Foster Parenting, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
As adoptive parents, we began our journey to our child/children many months (years?) before they actually arrived in our homes. An idea became a dream. The Dream became a Process. The Process finally matched us with a child/children. Our longing was fulfilled and we...
