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Five Things for Adoptive/Foster Parents
Five Things Adoptive Parents Don’t Tell You
1.1 Adoption is hard work.
1.1 Adoption is hard work. Video Lesson (4:27)
1.2 What you see in public is not an accurate picture of our home life.
1.2 What you see in public is not an accurate picture of our home life. Video Lesson (5:17)
1.3 Our children are not excessively thankful, in fact, sometimes quite the opposite.
1.3 Our children are not excessively thankful, in fact, sometimes quite the opposite. (5:54)
1.4. We adoptive parents have to parent differently than traditional parents. We may seem to the outsider over strict or over protective.
1.4. We adoptive parents have to parent differently than traditional parents. We may seem to the outsider over strict or over protective. Video Lesson (5:11)
1.5 Adopted children are valuable.
1.5 Adopted children are valuable. Video Lesson (5:25)
Five Things Your Adopted Children Would Like to Tell You
2.1 I am in sensory overload. I’m overwhelmed and I am about to blow a gasket.
2.1 I am in sensory overload. I’m overwhelmed and I am about to blow a gasket. Video Lesson (5:10)
2.2. I’m not behaving to make you mad. Most of the time, it is because I don’t have self regulation skills. I maintain my control by keeping you out of control.
2.2. I’m not behaving to make you mad. Most of the time, it is because I don’t have self regulation skills. I maintain my control by keeping you out of control. (5:16)
2.3 You are not responsible for the trauma that happened to me before I came into your home, but I will act like it. If you let guilt rule the home, we both be miserable and neither of us will experience any healing.
2.3 You are not responsible for the trauma that happened to me before I came into your home, but I will act like it. If you let guilt rule the home, we both be miserable and neither of us will experience any healing. Video Lesson (5:15)
2.4 If you feel what I feel all the time, we will become codependent and I will rule your emotions like an out-of-control terrorist.
2.4 If you feel what I feel all the time, we will become codependent and I will rule your emotions like an out-of-control terrorist. Video Lesson (5:21)
2.5 I do want to be loved and accepted. It is my deepest desire, just like anyone else on the planet, but I don’t know how to get there. Will you help me?
2.5 I do want to be loved and accepted. It is my deepest desire, just like anyone else on the planet, but I don’t know how to get there. Will you help me? Video Lesson (5:35)
Five Things You Can Do to Help an Adoptive/Foster Family
3.1 Host a shower for the foster/adoptive family.
3.1 Host a shower for the foster/adoptive family Video Lesson (5:08)
3.2 Fill in for the family commitments while they get acclimated.
3.2 Fill in for the family commitments while they get acclimated. Video Lesson (5:20)
3.3 Don’t have expectations for the new adopted or foster children.
3.3 Don’t have expectations for the new adopted or foster children. Video Lesson (5:10)
3.4. Don’t judge the parents by the child’s behavior.
3.4. Don’t judge the parents by the child’s behavior. Video Lesson (5:27)
3.5. On the other hand, don’t be fooled by a child’s superficially, engaging behavior.
3.5. On the other hand, don’t be fooled by a child’s superficially, engaging behavior. Video Lesson (5:26)
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1.3 Our children are not excessively thankful, in fact, sometimes quite the opposite.
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