Category Archives: Adoption
Transitioning Young Kids
I recently had the experience of transitioning my youngest child to preschool and feel compelled to write about what I witnessed and learned during that process. Now, mind you, my child is attending an excellent preschool, handpicked by her psychologist … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Neuroscience, Parenting
Tagged anxiety, caregiver, separation, transition
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Russian Adoption Gone Bad
Many of you may have heard the news that a 7-year-old child adopted in September 2009 from Russia was recently put on a plane by his adoptive grandmother and returned to Russia. His adoptive mother, Torry-Ann Hansen, a nurse, sent the … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Current events, Parenting
Tagged Artyom Savelyev, Russian adoption, Torry-Ann Hansen
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Chinese New Year in an Adoptive Family
With the adoption of my two daughters from China, celebrating the Spring Festival (aka Chinese New Year) has become an annual tradition I embrace with enthusiasm. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption
Tagged Chinese New Year, cultural competence, Transracial Adoption
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Haitian Orphans
The media has been covering a story about a group of Americans from a church group who attempted to “rescue” 33 Haitian children from an orphanage. The ten Americans are now under arrest for illegally attempting to take the children … Continue reading
