Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

In our previous blog, This is Not the Brother or Sister I Expected, we pointed out that how professionals and parents handle the dissemination of information—to their typical sons and daughters— about a sibling’s special needs will greatly influence the adjustment of the children already in the family (Meyer & Vadasy, 1994). This, in turn, [...]

It is always great to get positive news! For adoptive families, it can be a ray of sunshine amidst a sometimes dark and dreary situation. It is especially nice for parents to know that, “yes”, your sons and daughters, developing “normally”, can and do come out of a difficult family situation with some great qualities!

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Carol, the adoptive mom to nine adopted children—eight via the child welfare system and one via a disrupted international adoption, was sad and aggravated by the chronic bickering that occurred between her children ranging in ages from 9 to 16 (several children were the same age at the time of their adoptions). Daily, she was [...]