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Parenting an Adopted Child

Parenting an adopted child is HARD WORK. You need fresh ideas and inspiration when the strategies employed by friends with their birth children simply don't work.

Here are some ideas, resources and general empathy/encouragement from a mama who struggles too.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING NO FATHER?

June 12, 2018 10 Comments

What does it mean to have no father?

I can't imagine how it would feel to have no father. I can imagine a remote father - detached, preoccupied, no space in his life for children. I can imagine his regret and guilt at having been talked into a family he never really wanted - or, perhaps, the absence of regret and guilt, as time starts … [Read more...] about CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING NO FATHER?

Adoption· Explaining adoption to others· Faith· Family Life· Parenting· Parenting an Adopted Child

THE MERMAID WHO COULDN’T – BOOK REVIEW

June 2, 2018 17 Comments

The mermaid who couldn't (JKP) by Ali Redford and Kara Simpson. Book review by The Hope-Filled Family, UK Christian parenting and adoption blog.

Being removed from your biological family, at whatever age it happens, has life-changing impact. There will be negative emotions and responses which feel so intuitive, that the idea of ever shaking them off seems impossible. The more resources which help children and parents to navigate these tricky … [Read more...] about THE MERMAID WHO COULDN’T – BOOK REVIEW

Adoption· Family Life· Parenting· Parenting an Adopted Child

THE A-Z OF THERAPEUTIC PARENTING – BOOK REVIEW

May 9, 2018 49 Comments

The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting by Sarah Naish (JKP), book review by The Hope-Filled Family, UK Christian parenting and adoption blog.

I'm hugely excited this week to be sharing an absolutely brilliant book with you. The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting (Sarah Naish) was released a few weeks ago, and I have to tell you that it's already revolutionising my parenting. Wait...rewind a few steps...what's therapeutic parenting? It's a style … [Read more...] about THE A-Z OF THERAPEUTIC PARENTING – BOOK REVIEW

Adoption· Family Life· Parenting· Parenting an Adopted Child

WHY ADOPT WHEN YOU CAN HAVE BIRTH CHILDREN?

April 16, 2018 7 Comments

Why adopt when you can have birth children? Why would couples make the decision to go through the adoption process if they knew they could conceive naturally? What motivates people to choose adoption?

It's one of those questions that many of us might have in our heads, but never actually verbalise. After all, it sounds rude, doesn't it? As if we're questioning someone's life choices - something we know never, ever to do in 21st-century Britain. Well, here's an answer. It's my answer, and it … [Read more...] about WHY ADOPT WHEN YOU CAN HAVE BIRTH CHILDREN?

Adoption· Adoption process· Blended families· Explaining adoption to others· Faith· Family Life· Parenting· Parenting an Adopted Child

WHY MY SON TORE UP HIS MOTHERS’ DAY CARD (AND IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)

April 6, 2018 8 Comments

An insight into the destructive behaviours presented by adopted/fostered children - why they happen and what they look like.

As an organised, sentimental yet time-starved Mum, my approach to archiving all those special bits and pieces that your kids produce (and which you want to keep because, my gosh, some of it is truly awful), consists of throwing them all into named box files. It works pretty well: each child has a … [Read more...] about WHY MY SON TORE UP HIS MOTHERS’ DAY CARD (AND IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)

Adoption· Explaining adoption to others· Family Life· Mothers' Day· Parenting· Parenting an Adopted Child

DOES BEING ADOPTED AFFECT A CHILD? (5 WAYS MY TODDLERS ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOURS)

November 7, 2017 37 Comments

Does being adopted affect a child? Do adopted children behave differently? And what is the difference between adopted and non-adopted children? An adoptive mama shares her experience.

As the 'at home' mum of twin 3-year-olds, I spend a lot of time in the company of other parents and toddlers. We share our trials and joys - but largely the trials. We discuss what time our children are waking up, what they refuse to eat, how many times they've sat on the naughty step today, and all … [Read more...] about DOES BEING ADOPTED AFFECT A CHILD? (5 WAYS MY TODDLERS ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOURS)

Adoption· Explaining adoption to others· Family Life· Parenting an Adopted Child

ADOPTION AND THE BENEFITS OF THE SUZUKI METHOD

October 16, 2017 6 Comments

How the Suzuki method of learning music benefits adopted or fostered children.

Disclaimer: These views are my own, and come from my 20-month experience as a Suzuki parent in a Suzuki Early Childhood Education (SECE) class, as well as a couple of days' observing SECE training this summer, and a few weeks under my belt as a Suzuki teaching partner. In short, this post represents … [Read more...] about ADOPTION AND THE BENEFITS OF THE SUZUKI METHOD

Adoption· Family Life· Parenting· Parenting an Adopted Child

WHAT DOES ADOPTION LOOK LIKE, 14 MONTHS IN?

January 30, 2017 6 Comments

What does the adoption journey look like after 14 months?

It should say enough about our experience of adoption that this blog post was supposed to be titled 'adoption: six months on'. Being around eight months late with everything has become a feature of the past fourteen months. There you go, enough said. We've adopted kids, and now we have no time. Job … [Read more...] about WHAT DOES ADOPTION LOOK LIKE, 14 MONTHS IN?

Adoption· Blended families· Explaining adoption to others· Faith· Family Life· Parenting· Parenting an Adopted Child

7 WAYS ADOPTION IS DIFFERENT FROM BRINGING HOME A NEWBORN

November 19, 2015 4 Comments

The difference between adopting and having a biological baby.

The time is getting closer - we are preparing to adopt! Later this month, we will meet and bring home our little boys for the first time. This season has got me thinking back to when our birth children were born, and the differences between bringing home a newborn and bringing home an adopted … [Read more...] about 7 WAYS ADOPTION IS DIFFERENT FROM BRINGING HOME A NEWBORN

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