| l l l ll l l l l l l l l l ll l l l What's in an Adoption Toolbox? YOU. Simple (and scary!): PARENTS are the POWER-TOOLS in an Adoption Toolbox, and with a little knowledge, awareness and application, we can make a huge difference within our families and in the lives of our adopted children. Adoption-parenting addresses the extra layer our children carry. It’s a perfectly normal extra layer, given an adopted child's life circumstances, but it’s an extra layer that I wasn’t told about or prepared for when I went through the international adoption process for the first time, fourteen years ago. Our adopted children may come to us with an extra layer of life experience, but we can USE our knowledge of adoption-related issues to embrace the invisible, and to build and maintain a solid parent-child relationship. Knowledge really is power, and knowledge applied is what powerful adoption-parenting is all about. Welcome to your Adoption Toolbox... |
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For Parents: Build the Bond! Parenting to Adoption Trauma: Reflection and Repair Free, Reprintable, Parent Short-Take (click on page image to download)>>> |
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