Complicated Adoption Process. Preparation: Part 1
The most important thing you will do in preparing for the complicated adoption process is to gather and research the most current information... Read More →
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But for me, I Have to Change to Survive in the Countries Like Amarica
[Emily had a setback recently and struggled for several days. She’s doing better, now, but there were some consequences to her actions.... Read More →
The RAD Child Development Called Reactive Attachment Disorder
For two of my daughters, inconsistency in needs being met and the rotating caregivers that provided for those needs made up the incubator that... Read More →
The RAD Child Journey Called Reactive Attachment Disorder
My wife and I had three sons biologically before adoption added another six. (It’s a long story…) Three of our children that we adopted have... Read More →
Girls From Russia are Hard (It’s not Russia, Though)
Of course it has nothing to do with nationality, but that is what Sarah perceived. She was too inexperienced to understand her statement as... Read More →
When Adopted Kids Aren’t Fair You Need to Understand why
We adopted my oldest daughter from Russia when she was fifteen. She’s twenty-three now and I marvel at how far she has come. Emily has... Read More →
When Adopted Children Don’t Feel Safe at Home
My wife’s father was a notorious sex felon. She left her first family at fifteen and entered the foster system where the form of abuse changed... Read More →
They tell me They will Sell my Organs
Orphinige kids been mean to me. They told me don’t go to Amarica. Kids from orphinge say that Amarican family take away my organs. I never... Read More →
Making Home Feel Like Home: Family, Happiness and Love in Spite of Challenges
The outside of our current home is not nearly as impressive as the feelings were inside the most humble place our family has ever lived. Neither... Read More →
Teaching Kids Responsibility: Parenting Teens
My grandpa thought teaching kids responsibility was easy. In his day and circumstances the resources to accomplish that feat were certainly more... Read More →
Orphans and Homes for Them to go Home to
We need to find homes for orphans to go home to. Alright, maybe “orphans” is the wrong word. Heaven knows that word has been brutalized for... Read More →
My Dad and the Farm in Russia
First I went with my dad from Russia and I am helping to my Russian dad like put bucket in the wail. [The water used in Emily’s house in Russia... Read More →
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