The Beginner's Guide to Adoption INTRODUCTION "We can't have children of our own, and we're thinking about adopting a child. We feel really nervous about what we've heard about adoption and adopted kids. Would we love an adopted child as much as a child we produce? If we decide to adopt, we have no idea how to find a...
Cool Down Before Lashing Out
Taken from Growing Concerns -- A childrearing question-and-answer column with Dr. Martha Erickson Question: I love my child more than anything else in the world, but sometimes I get so mad I actually feel like hurting him. When he refuses to do what I tell him, or when he gets all hyped up and...
Laziness The following is a selection from the book Raising Children Who Think For Themselves by Dr. Eisa Medhus. From the chapter titled "Specific Child Rearing Challenges - How to Handle Them to Encourage Self-Direction", the following introduction is offered. "The best way to make children good is to...
Pornography and Sexual Irresponsibility The following is a selection from the book Raising Children Who Think For Themselves by Dr. Eisa Medhus. From the chapter titled "Specific Child Rearing Challenges - How to Handle Them to Encourage Self-Direction", the following introduction is offered. "The best way to make children good is to...
The Power of Positivitiy the Second Time Around August 17, 2009, 5:38 am
International adoption: take two. Is it easier the second time around?
Well, that’s a tough question. Let’s break it down into two seemingly simplistic yes/no categories for starters. In a small way, yes, it is easier. Having adopted a daughter from Guatemala in 2007, I have a general idea of...
Talk Of Babies July 19, 2009, 7:54 am
I'm not sure why, but the ATM drive-thru tends to be when my children ask important questions or share memories with me. Is it because we are in the car and I'm not facing them? Or maybe because I'm concentrating on getting money out and trying not to fall out of my car while putting in my pin...
Deciding to Adopt a Child: Having Integrity September 14, 2007, 5:26 am
If you adopt a child, would you be willing to follow through with the promises you make to the birth family? At first blush, this might seem like an obvious “DOH!” Why wouldn’t you?
Not every adoptive couple follows through with its promises after adopting a child, but not all couples do so...
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parenting [par´ent-ing] providing a nurturing and constructive environment that promotes growth and development in a child or children; see also attachment.