by GIFT Coach | Jan 28, 2015 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Foster Care Adoption, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Adoptive parenting brings complexities that can challenge and defeat the best of us. For families whose children had difficult starts and who must cope with the fallout of trauma, the course is even more arduous. Both parent and child benefit from thoughtful and...
by GIFT Coach | Jan 14, 2015 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Last week we discussed laughter as a way to practice joy as a family and to relieve stress. We are continuing our exploration today because we believe that sharing fun is essential for knitting families together. Consider the illustration on the left. I’m...
by GIFT Coach | Dec 16, 2014 | General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
This week we revisit a popular post from last year’s holiday season. Holidays bring excitement, a desire to spend time with family and visit friends and to add to the bank of treasured family memories. Such high expectations can be realized. But, in families...
by GIFT Coach | Dec 2, 2014 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Faith and Values, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Process
We constantly look for ways to help families connect and create positive relationships and moments of togetherness that build healthy bonding in a family. A Facebook video posted by the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University struck us as a wonderful blog...
by GIFT Coach | Oct 9, 2014 | Difficult Discussions, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Triad
The wonderful adoption classic, Forever Fingerprints by Sherrie Eldridge is being reissued by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. An adoptee and a staunch advocate for adoptive families writes, who LIVES the adoption journey, Sherrie connects with adoptees’ hearts and...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 16, 2014 | Blogs by Guests, Difficult Discussions, Foster Care Adoption, General Discussion, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
In this week’s blog, we continue last week’s exploration of Difficult Conversations in the context of adoption. GIFT–Growing Intentional Families Together–is pleased to include another important voice from the wider adoption community. Beth O’Malley...
