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How Can I Belong?   (11/11/2010)
The Importance of Acceptance for Adopted Kids
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Excellent (4 votes, 0 comments)
Post Adoption Depression   (10/25/2007)
What to do if this happens to you
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Excellent (10 votes, 8 comments)
Artificial Twinning   (10/25/2007)
Adopting two children less than 11 months apart in age.
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Excellent (4 votes, 1 comments)
Survey of Children Adopted from Eastern Europe   (10/25/2007)
How many foreign adoptees will need special school services?
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Excellent (4 votes, 0 comments)
Parent Burn-out   (10/25/2007)
How to help yourself when you can't stand another minute!
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Excellent (4 votes, 1 comments)
Failure to Thrive   (10/25/2007)
Failure to thrive shares symptoms with a number of other post-institutional issues.
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Excellent (5 votes, 2 comments)
Nurturing the Past: Preserving Relationships for Our Children Post-Placement   (10/01/2011)
Life did not begin for our child the day they joined our families. Parents can overcome barriers to preserve and cultivate a connection with someone from our child’s past until they can reconnect themselves.
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What does it mean to “hold” your child?   (09/23/2007)
Confused about holding time?
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Excellent (7 votes, 4 comments)
Impact of Traumatic Stress on Adoptive Parents   (09/16/2007)
You write frequently about the impact of traumatic stress with adoptive children. Could you address the impact of traumatic stress experienced by the parents of adoptive children?
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Excellent (9 votes, 2 comments)
What is post-traumatic stress and how does it manifest in the young institutionalized child?   (09/16/2007)
What is post-traumatic stress and how does it manifest in the young institutionalized child?
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Excellent (8 votes, 2 comments)
Symptoms of Traumatic Stress in Adopted Children.   (09/16/2007)
What symptoms suggest that an adoptive child has been exposed to a significant traumatic event?
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Excellent (7 votes, 3 comments)
Insta-Attachment and Other Adoption Myths   (09/12/2007)
Why the dreams we hold on to while waiting for our child can sometimes prevent us from seeing our child's reality clearly.
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Excellent (9 votes, 3 comments)
A Walk in Jurassic Park   (09/10/2009)
examining the 'personal' past
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Excellent (1 votes, 0 comments)
Sleep and Adoption   (08/20/2007)
What to do about sleep and the lack thereof.
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Excellent (7 votes, 3 comments)
The Dream Mothers   (08/15/2008)
My eyes close and I let my mind drift to these women. What do I see? I see women like all women, dealing with what life has dealt them, going day by day.
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Excellent (3 votes, 0 comments)
Early Attachment and Food Insecurity   (08/01/2007)
How to Deal with Hoarding Behaviors
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Excellent (8 votes, 3 comments)
Post-Adoption Depression?   (07/31/2007)
You have introduced Adoption Stress. Is this the same as Post-Adoption Depression?
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Excellent (12 votes, 8 comments)
How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?   (07/31/2007)
Girls from China, their parents & a psychologist found some answers!
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Excellent (6 votes, 2 comments)
Emotions and Birthcountry Visits   (07/26/2007)
What can we parents expect? How can we support our children?
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Excellent (4 votes, 1 comments)
Opening the Dialogue   (07/26/2007)
Forever Fingerprints - Why Adoptive Parents must """"Talk Adoption"""" to their Children
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Excellent (5 votes, 0 comments)
Adoption Parenting    (07/26/2007)
The Responsible Parent
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Excellent (7 votes, 0 comments)
Warrior Moms   (07/26/2007)
I didn't sign up to be a Warrior Mom...
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Excellent (5 votes, 2 comments)
THE BABY LIFEBOOK: no writing required!   (07/25/2007)
Talking the Talk in Baby Steps...
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Excellent (3 votes, 2 comments)
Connecting With Our Children   (07/24/2007)
Shared Feelings Grow Strong Sons & Daughters
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Excellent (8 votes, 2 comments)
Seeking Therapy for an Adopted Child   (07/24/2007)
A guide to getting help
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Excellent (5 votes, 2 comments)
Parenting With Narratives: The A, B, C's of Adoption Stories   (07/24/2007)
Lifestories are key to understanding adoption feelings
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Excellent (3 votes, 2 comments)
Neuropsychological Evaluation and Rehabilitation of the Post Institutionalized Child   (07/18/2007)
There is controversy regarding assessment and treatment procedures for the post-institutionalized child
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Very Good (6 votes, 3 comments)
Trauma, Loss and Grief   (07/17/2010)
A post about dealing with grief as an adoptee
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Excellent (1 votes, 0 comments)
Neurodevelopmental Reorganization   (07/16/2007)
A child's early experiences--including moves between families--can have a neurological impact.
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Excellent (11 votes, 2 comments)
Pendulum   (07/15/2007)
Now, years later, a birth mother, birth father or birth family lives with a loss I cannot begin to comprehend. I can't change the past that led to their loss, but I can affect the future. And I can tell them this.
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Excellent (8 votes, 2 comments)
A Different Perspective   (07/13/2007)
What might the adoption experience be like for a young child?
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Excellent (9 votes, 2 comments)
A Gift Only Adoptees Can Give   (07/11/2007)
The blessing of fellow-adoptee friendships
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Excellent (9 votes, 4 comments)
Shame Has No Relationships   (06/26/2010)
Shame is a lonely feeling
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Very Good (1 votes, 0 comments)
The Birthday Blues and Adopted Kids   (05/28/2009)
Ways to Work Through Adoption-Related Emotions at Birthday Time
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Excellent (1 votes, 1 comments)
Becoming a Parent   (05/12/2008)
Soon we will be celebrating both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. For those in the adoption process, emotions run high.
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Excellent (2 votes, 0 comments)
The Tea Party   (05/05/2010)
Me, My Daughter and Her Other Mother
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Excellent (4 votes, 1 comments)
International Adoption: More than Orphan Care   (02/17/2009)
Assessing your motivations behind International Adoption
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Excellent (4 votes, 0 comments)
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's responses to crazy Amy Chua Tiger Mother   (02/16/2011)
A collection of articles and links in response to crazy Amy Chua Tiger Mother
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Excellent (3 votes, 0 comments)
What is a “Time In?”   (01/11/2009)
Everyone knows about time-out. But what's a time-in?
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Excellent (3 votes, 0 comments)
Orphanage Related
Understanding My Daughter's Background   (12/23/2007)
What is life like for older kids before you adopt them? How does that impact you?
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Excellent (8 votes, 9 comments)
Survey of Children Adopted from Eastern Europe   (10/25/2007)
How many foreign adoptees will need special school services?
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Excellent (4 votes, 0 comments)
Failure to Thrive   (10/25/2007)
Failure to thrive shares symptoms with a number of other post-institutional issues.
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Excellent (5 votes, 2 comments)
What does it mean to “hold” your child?   (09/23/2007)
Confused about holding time?
Read More...
Excellent (7 votes, 4 comments)
What is post-traumatic stress and how does it manifest in the young institutionalized child?   (09/16/2007)
What is post-traumatic stress and how does it manifest in the young institutionalized child?
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Excellent (8 votes, 2 comments)
Symptoms of Traumatic Stress in Adopted Children.   (09/16/2007)
What symptoms suggest that an adoptive child has been exposed to a significant traumatic event?
Read More...
Excellent (7 votes, 3 comments)
Insta-Attachment and Other Adoption Myths   (09/12/2007)
Why the dreams we hold on to while waiting for our child can sometimes prevent us from seeing our child's reality clearly.
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Excellent (9 votes, 3 comments)
Early Attachment and Food Insecurity   (08/01/2007)
How to Deal with Hoarding Behaviors
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Excellent (8 votes, 3 comments)
Preparing your Kids to Volunteer in an Orphanage   (07/31/2007)
A handout on adopted kid(s) volunteering in China
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Excellent (6 votes, 3 comments)
How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?   (07/31/2007)
Girls from China, their parents & a psychologist found some answers!
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Excellent (6 votes, 2 comments)
Smoke Signals   (07/31/2007)
Early Signs in our Adopted Children of Attachment Issues
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Excellent (7 votes, 3 comments)
Giving Back: Adoption and the virtual village   (07/28/2007)
Update on 'It Takes a Virtual Village
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Excellent (5 votes, 1 comments)
Emotions and Birthcountry Visits   (07/26/2007)
What can we parents expect? How can we support our children?
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Excellent (4 votes, 1 comments)
Seeking Therapy for an Adopted Child   (07/24/2007)
A guide to getting help
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Excellent (5 votes, 2 comments)
Neurodevelopmental Reorganization   (07/16/2007)
A child's early experiences--including moves between families--can have a neurological impact.
Read More...
Excellent (11 votes, 2 comments)
Shame Has No Relationships   (06/26/2010)
Shame is a lonely feeling
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Very Good (1 votes, 0 comments)
International Adoption: More than Orphan Care   (02/17/2009)
Assessing your motivations behind International Adoption
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Excellent (4 votes, 0 comments)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Survey of Children Adopted from Eastern Europe   (10/25/2007)
How many foreign adoptees will need special school services?
Read More...
Excellent (4 votes, 0 comments)
Parent Burn-out   (10/25/2007)
How to help yourself when you can't stand another minute!
Read More...
Excellent (4 votes, 1 comments)
Failure to Thrive   (10/25/2007)
Failure to thrive shares symptoms with a number of other post-institutional issues.
Read More...
Excellent (5 votes, 2 comments)
Impact of Traumatic Stress on Adoptive Parents   (09/16/2007)
You write frequently about the impact of traumatic stress with adoptive children. Could you address the impact of traumatic stress experienced by the parents of adoptive children?
Read More...
Excellent (9 votes, 2 comments)
What is post-traumatic stress and how does it manifest in the young institutionalized child?   (09/16/2007)
What is post-traumatic stress and how does it manifest in the young institutionalized child?
Read More...
Excellent (8 votes, 2 comments)
Symptoms of Traumatic Stress in Adopted Children.   (09/16/2007)
What symptoms suggest that an adoptive child has been exposed to a significant traumatic event?
Read More...
Excellent (7 votes, 3 comments)
Insta-Attachment and Other Adoption Myths   (09/12/2007)
Why the dreams we hold on to while waiting for our child can sometimes prevent us from seeing our child's reality clearly.
Read More...
Excellent (9 votes, 3 comments)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Internationally Adopted Children   (07/31/2007)
Parents and professionals need to know that even young infants can and do develop PTSD from abandonment, neglect and the adoption process.
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Excellent (6 votes, 3 comments)
Seeking Therapy for an Adopted Child   (07/24/2007)
A guide to getting help
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Excellent (5 votes, 2 comments)
Neurodevelopmental Reorganization   (07/16/2007)
A child's early experiences--including moves between families--can have a neurological impact.
Read More...
Excellent (11 votes, 2 comments)
Shame Has No Relationships   (06/26/2010)
Shame is a lonely feeling
Read More...
Very Good (1 votes, 0 comments)
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's responses to crazy Amy Chua Tiger Mother   (02/16/2011)
A collection of articles and links in response to crazy Amy Chua Tiger Mother
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Excellent (3 votes, 0 comments)
 
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