by GIFT Coach | Sep 4, 2019 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Guests, Empathy, General Discussion, Intentional Parenting, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Triad
We are privileged this week to have this guest blog written by Lynn Grubb. She is both an adoptee and an adoptive parent. She lives adoption from both sides of the relationship equation! Enjoy, listen, and learn! Lynn Grubb is an Illinois born adoptee, and a 50-year...
by GIFT Coach | Aug 31, 2016 | Relationships in adoption, The Adoption Triad
Adopted: looking the part and living the part of adopted person or adopted family, is something most of us had no idea we’d be doing. How can we best prepare? Develop a High AQ* (Adoption-attunement quotient.) Release pre-conceived notions about adoption and...
by GIFT Coach | Dec 3, 2015 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Triad
Last week we explored one tenet of our philosophy of adoption. (The entire twenty-five point manifesto is posted on our website home page.) This week we turn to point four: 4. Support systems are vital in assisting families with the realities of living as an adopted...
by GIFT Coach | May 13, 2015 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Guests, Difficult Discussions, Faith and Values, General Discussion, Guest blog: Lori Holden, Open Adoption, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Triad
Lori Holden: Reader questions about open adoption relationships: What did you learn about Adoption? During a discussion of my book, The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption, held by a virtual book club two years ago, I was asked the question you see in the title above....
by GIFT Coach | Mar 11, 2015 | Blogs by Guests, Difficult Discussions, Faith and Values, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Process, The Adoption Triad
Sherrie Eldridge is an award-winning author of seven books, including the best-selling Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew. (We believe it is essential reading for adoptive parents.) Her classic book, 20 Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need...
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...
