Adoption Articles Archive, pg. 15

Susan Ward: Becoming A Family Part 4
Susan Ward: Becoming A Family Part 4 Assistance Information Support Email this to a friend Older Child Adoption - Becoming a Family Part 4 Wild Child (Or Was I Just An Inept Mama?) Our flights back from Russia took us 24 hours. I did not have reservations (long story, small airline) from...

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Susan Ward: Becoming A Family Part 5
Susan Ward: Becoming A Family Part 5 Assistance Information Support Email this to a friend Older Child Adoption - Becoming a Family Part 5 Learning to Control Emotions (Yes, I read all the articles. Yes, I read the books. Yes, I looked up topics on the Internet. But still, I didn't believe it...

Susan Ward: Becoming A Family Part 6
Susan Ward: Becoming A Family Part 6 Assistance Information Support Email this to a friend Older Child Adoption - Becoming a Family Part 6 A Working Family: Blending the Past, Present, and Future Right now, in our family development, I'm asking myself questions and looking for future solutions....

Susan Ward: Bedtime Challenges
Susan Ward: Bedtime Challenges Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendBedtime Challenges: When Older Adopted Children Won't Go To BedWhen Hannah got home from Russia at age six, her bedtime was my dreaded time of the day. She would get wild in the bath. Run around the house when I...

Susan Ward: Books for Older Adopted Children
Susan Ward: Books for Older Adopted Children Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendBooks for Older Adopted Children Reading to your children is an excellent bonding activity. Reading is also one of the ways you can educate our children about adoption, families, and emotions. The...

Susan Ward: Dear Adoption Agencies
Susan Ward: Dear Adoption Agencies Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendDear Adoption AgenciesDear Adoption Agencies, Thank you for helping us to find our children! We're so happy they're in our lives. As responsible consumers, a group of us decided to share our thoughts with...

Susan Ward: Things Everyone Told Me
Susan Ward: Things Everyone Told Me Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendThings Everyone Told Me As I traveled the first part of my adoption journey, everyone (friends, family, neighbors, and store clerks) had things to share with me. Some were said with a smile, some in a...

Susan Ward: Funny and Happy Memories
Susan Ward: Funny and Happy Memories Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendFunny and Happy Memories Hannah, adopted at age six from Russia, has been in my life for nearly three and a half years now. I have many happy and humorous memories of the time we've been a family. Here are...

Susan Ward: Grief and Loss in Adopted Children
Susan Ward: Grief and Loss in Adopted Children Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendGrief and Loss in Adopted Children As adoptive parents, our children's adjustment and confidence in their world depends upon our ability to identify their grief, assist them through their grief...

Susan Ward: Hannah's Healing
Susan Ward: Hannah's Healing Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendHannah's Healing When we become adoptive parents, we intellectually know that there are no guarantees. However, most of us find it hard to truly image that our child will turn out drastically different from our...

Susan Ward: At Home Therapy
Susan Ward: At Home Therapy Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendAt-Home Therapy When we adopt older children, they often arrive into our homes with various worries, insecurities, issues, or emotional gaps. Sometimes they are serious enough to require counseling to help them grow...

Susan Ward: Its Just a Doll
Susan Ward: Its Just a Doll Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendIt's Just A Doll My daughter, Hannah, age nine, prides herself on being a tomboy. Whenever I pick her up from after-school care, it's Hannah and the boys: kicking a soccer ball, playing baseball, shooting baskets....

Susan Ward: Successful Parenting Traits
Susan Ward: Successful Parenting Traits Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendSuccessful Older Child Adoption Parenting Traits All parenting is challenging. Adoptive parenting, however, adds additional challenges. I'm an adoptive parent, founder of a support group, writer,...

Susan Ward: Required Reading
Susan Ward: Required Reading Assistance Information Support Email this to a friend Older Child Adoption - Required Reading All prospective adoptive parents should be required to read Dan Hughes' Building the Bonds of Attachment. Because children who were adopted are prime candidates for...

Susan Ward: Things I Did Right!
Susan Ward: Things I Did Right! Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendThings I Did Right With My Daughter!Hannah, age nine, has been home three years. Here are things I've done right in the time she's been my daughter. Several of them were things I never thought about before I...

Susan Ward: Things I Did Wrong!
Susan Ward: Things I Did Wrong! Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendThings I Did Wrong!My daughter has been home for over three years now. With time and parenting experience behind me, I realize I did several things wrong when I first adopted Hannah at age six. I did not...

Things No One Told Me
Things No One Told Me Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendThings No One Told Me Before I adopted my daughter, Hannah, age 6 at the time, I read lots of books. I talked to parents. I babysat. I researched. I observed. I was nervous about becoming a first-time parent and wanted to...

Susan Ward: Two Stories - Plus One
Susan Ward: Two Stories - Plus One Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendTwo Stories - Plus OneTwo adoption stories have stayed with me…One was a family that contacted me after reading an article of mine in the local paper about older child adoption. They called and said they...

Susan Ward: What to Expect When You Adopt an Older Child
What to Expect When You Adopt An Older Child While all older adopted children are different, there are a few things you might anticipate if you're adopting an older child. The following summary examples are meant to be reference points rather than specifics of how all children act. First...

Susan Ward - Finding an Attachment Therapist
Susan Ward - Finding an Attachment Therapist Assistance Information Support Email this to a friend Finding an Attachment Therapist What should you look for in an attachment therapist? by Susan M. Ward As older child adoptive parents, we all have to deal with varying levels of attachment and...

Gotcha Day (Adoption Day Celebrations)
Gotcha Day (Adoption Day Celebrations) Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendGotcha Day (Adoption Day Celebrations) Nowadays, many families celebrate the day their child was adopted. Families vary in what they call it: Gotcha Day, Adoption Day, Family Day, Adoption Anniversary...

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Susan Ward : Laughing
Susan Ward : Laughing Assistance Information Support Email this to a friendLaughing Giggling. Joking. Silliness. Laughing. Having fun makes us better parents, helps the relationship with our children, and pushes us through the rough times. Helping attachment… When we first adopt, our child...

Susan Ward
Susan Ward Assistance Information Support Email this to a friend My Musings Becoming an adoptive parent encourages thoughts about issues that never previously entered my awareness. Becoming an adoptive parent of a challenging child presents learning opportunities you never before considered....

Susan Ward - Older Child Adoption Lingo
Susan Ward - Older Child Adoption Lingo Assistance Information Support Email this to a friend Older Child Adoption Lingo Older Child Adoption Lingo by Susan M. Ward I've always been intrigued by lingo, insider vocabulary. For example, in the restaurant world, they have words like "in the...

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