Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

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 [...]

Frequently, I speak to groups of parents. Recently, I have been providing workshops to parents who have adopted from the foster care system. I have noticed how common it is for these moms and dads to continue to refer to the birth mom as “Mom” years after the adoption has been finalized! Frequently, it takes [...]

“He is so lazy!” “She has a whole room full of toys and she doesn’t play with anything!” “I have to tell him what to do all the time. Otherwise, he would just sit!” Such comments are common from parents who have adopted a child with a history of neglect, abuse and abandonment. Likely, the [...]