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Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Seven – Attachment

Monday, August 30th, 2010

This is another in a series of posts on related challenging topics. You may want to print this post or others in the series (Introduction, Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six.) Study them, returning to them over time. Review the resources that are embedded within the articles. Keep them [...]

Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Five – The Impact of Trauma on Brain Development

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

This is another in a series of posts on related challenging topics. You may want to print this post or others in the series (Introduction, Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Six.) Study them, returning to them over time. Review the resources that are embedded within the articles. Keep them handy! They [...]

Why Love Isn’t Enough: The Potential Risks Involved in Adopting From Home or Far Away – Introduction

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

This is the Introduction to a series of posts on related challenging topics (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six.) The purpose of this series is to make clear that today’s waiting children—international and domestic—infants and older children—are a traumatized population. As will become clear over the next two weeks, [...]