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Dumb Questions
There are chatty kids, there are kids who talk incessantly, there are kids who ask really dumb questions, and there are kids who are a combination. Kids talk for all sorts of different reasons. Some...
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I Can’t Handle It
As I am writing this, Hannah is upstairs having a tantrum. We should be out Trick-Or-Treating, but she is refusing to listen to my instructions and pretending that she doesn’t know what they were. It...
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Vacationing with a Crowd
Next month will be our second big trip as a family of seven: we are driving to Colorado to meet my family for camping. In our world, it’s a relatively short trip but for “the Littles” it’s a big one....
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Summer Reset
I’m looking at the calendar and freaking out a little: School is right around the corner. In less than two weeks we will leave on our family vacation and when we return, it’s a week until school...
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The Captain and the Baby that Almost Sunk the Ship
A week ago, we got a new foster baby, a brand new infant. Before he came, I explained to the “Littles” that we had a little friend coming; I told them he was not our baby but he would only stay a...
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Learn-as-You-Go Parenting
2,020 miles, 8 nights, 7 camp-outs, several hikes, 6 play-scapes, 2 swimming pools and 1 hotel later, we have had our first real vacation with “the Littles.” If you want to test a kid’s metal, just...
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Creativity Tested
The Captain is pushing the boundaries of my creativity. With attachment disorder, the most effective discipline seems to be the one he does not expect. I have tried being very kind and understanding,...
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Gaining Perspective
In a conversation with our new attachment therapist yesterday, the light-bulb came on. You know that experience; all of a sudden it’s as if a bell rings and a bright light comes on in the room and...
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A Learning Opportunity
In the last blog I talked about self-esteem issues that most children have but are prominent among adopted children. These issues range from an inaccurate view of themselves, other people’s comments...
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Advocating
A couple of weeks ago we had the ARD meeting to set my son’s educational plan. At the meeting, we set an uneasy goal to send “The Captain” on to kindergarten next year. I left unsettled. As the next...
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