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Attachment Parenting of Adopted Children.

It’s important as a parent to recognize the developmental milestones and expectations we have for our children. Most parents understand it takes awhile for a newborn baby to learn how to walk and talk so no one is worried when a newborn doesn’t get up and walk. That would be a silly expectation and most people understand that it is not a developmental milestone for a newborn to walk. Most people understand that walking on average happens around the age of one-year-old. The stages of Adoption have certain developmental milestones as well, however most people don’t understand what these milestones … Continue reading →

Raising An Adopted Child #7 Adolescence Critical Thinking

The more information we give to our teenagers the better able an adopted child will be to answer the abstract questions. Some teens believe adoption is the reason for all of their problems and that everything would be perfect if something else happened. Some adopted teenagers will think reunion with their birth family would solve all their problems. Other adopted teens may not have issues about adoption compared with other teenage issues they have in their lives. It can be difficult to determine if the anger in an adolescent is due to adoption or just being a teenager. Teens work … Continue reading →

Raising an Adopted Child: Part #1

My little boy Jeremiah. Parenting in general can be stressful. As parents we often get different advice and information from grandparents, doctors and teachers. It can be confusing enough to just be an ordinary mom and dad, but add to this the fact we are adoptive parents and our questions and concerns are compounded. This series of blog entries will be entitled: Raising an Adopted Child, and will cover some of the research and information known about children who grow up adopted. Research shows that all children have similar levels of understanding about adoption at roughly the same age whether … Continue reading →