When you decided to adopt, you were all in and said yes with your whole heart. And that hasn’t changed. But lately you sometimes catch yourself just going through the motions: make dinner, help with homework, drive to therapy, handle the meltdown (yours and theirs) … You’re there, but you feel … [Read more...]
Why National Suicide Prevention Month Matters for Adoptive Families
Adoption may begin a new chapter, but it doesn’t tear the earlier pages from a child’s story. In one U.S. study examining behavioral and mental health-related outcomes in adopted and non-adopted individuals (where many of the adopted and non-adopted subjects were legal/adoptive siblings), the … [Read more...]
Why Your Adopted Child’s Homework Can Become a Trigger & How Parents Can Help
Most kids hate homework. Sometimes it's because they're easily distracted, like most children to some degree. Sometimes they can focus just fine, but they find the work boring or the concepts too hard to understand. Sometimes they're simply tired after a full day of learning at school. But for … [Read more...]
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