by GIFT Coach | Aug 10, 2016 | Adoption-attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, RAD Reactive Attachment Syndrom
Family building via adoption requires effort, commitment, education, intentionality and a willingness to take a risk–by both parent and child. Each must muster the courage to open emotionally and be vulnerable to the other. When we dare to love, we also...
by GIFT Coach | Jun 29, 2016 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics, General Discussion
Adoption complicates family life; it brings tangled emotions, high stakes, and passionate commitment. Adoption also adds the challenge of handling inevitable grief, loss, and identity issues of everyone in the family. (Yes, that includes both children and parents!)...
