by gayles | Jun 3, 2021 | Adoption reunion, Adoption reunioni, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listen time 6:04 Father’s Day dominates our thoughts this month. Big Holidays like this are freighted with extra emotional baggage in the world of adoption. The importance...
by GIFT Coach | Jan 8, 2020 | General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Read time 6:21 Adoption myths persist because we find comfort in the reassurance they offer. They reinforce people’s belief systems. Some myths reassure adoptive parents...
by Gayle Swift | Nov 13, 2019 | Adoption-attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
During this month of promoting awareness of adoption, we adoptive parents have a unique opportunity to immerse ourselves in listening, learning and validating what our children tell us about what it is like to be adopted. Listening and loving are inextricably...
by Gayle Swift | Apr 10, 2019 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
The business of family is the care and protection of its members. We succeed or fail together. As Intentional Parents, we strive to be purposeful in our choices and actions particularly when it comes to our children. We must always keep in mind that our relationships...
by Gayle Swift | Aug 1, 2018 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Intentional Parenting
Parenting has an evolutionary endpoint: at some point, our children will leave the family nest and fly out into the world to carve their path in life. Even as we change diapers, read bedtime stories, or tuck them in, we know someday, they’ll be on their own....
