by gayles | Mar 30, 2022 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attunement, Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics, General Discussion, parenting dream
Bananas, Cacti, and Kids–What do they have in common? Stay with me and I will explain. The old maxim that “April showers bring May flowers” helps us appreciate that certain ingredients must be present so a plant can flourish: water, air,...
by gayles | Jun 30, 2021 | Adoption Attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listen time 5:23 This month we celebrate the “birthday” and independence of the United States. Many folks observe the Fourth of July as an extended family. Holidays become...
by gayles | Jan 29, 2020 | Adoption-attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics, Strengthening Family Relationships
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Read time 3:38 So far this month this blog has examined several priorities for parenting success in 2020. At the risk of being overly obvious, we must consider ourselves and the...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 11, 2019 | Empathy, Family dynamics, Strengthening Family Relationships
“It takes a village.” Typically, we hear this truism in reference to raising children; it might equally apply to being a community or country. When it comes to confronting disasters, it is overwhelmingly true. In fact, it takes many villages. The most recent disaster,...
by Gayle Swift | Aug 28, 2019 | Adoption-attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships
The coaches at GIFT Family Services are passionate about creating and identifying resources for adoptees and their families. We consider books an effective communication tool for adoptive families. Over the years, we have compiled an extensive collection of book...
by Gayle Swift | Feb 20, 2019 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Faith and Values, Family dynamics, Strengthening Family Relationships
Teaching our deeply-held values to our children is one of our most important parental tasks. It is a truism that our children learn more from our actions than our words. But children often remain oblivious to the values-based thinking that governs our actions....
