May 04, 2018
Adoption and Parenting News Roundup
Happy Friday!
How are you doing? Happy we’re FINALLY done with winter? Us, too.
This week’s roundup has all sorts of gems. On the heels of Infertility Awareness Week, we’ve got pieces and perspectives that lend a powerful voice to this devastating reality. We also have a beautiful story about how a sweet little girl brings music to her deaf parents, a new adoption film, and much more!
Take care and be well.
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Part of coming to terms with infertility means letting go of expectations about how you thought things would go. “For me, the steps to acceptance began when I just realized that this was my reality, and no amount of trying or wishing it different was going to change it. I stopped clinging to the picture in my head of what my life was “supposed” to look like. I looked at my choices and their outcomes, and saw that my almost slavish devotion to fulfilling that picture in my head brought me nothing but pain.”
“‘I called 47 homes today. It feels like I called everyone. Please, can you take her in? Even for a few days. She’s been sleeping in the conference room for awhile. We have nowhere to place her.’”
What do you know about Reactive Attachment Disorder and adoption?
Are you going to see this new movie about adoption?
This sweet little girl uses ASL and dance to share her favorite pop songs with her deaf parents.
Helping kids with ADHD, and their families, thrive. “Families should not expect simple answers, or short-term solutions. Parents have to take care of themselves, and pay attention to the family dynamic, looking for ways to help everyone thrive. Look for areas of life where the child is successful and for ways to spend positive time together, Dr. Bertin suggested. Make sure the child is getting all the appropriate interventions at school, and look for resources to help with the home side of academics.”
We need to end the silence around infertility. “When couples can’t become pregnant they often feel like failures. Sometimes it’s tied to biological expectations — women feel like they should just be able to carry a baby and men feel like they should just be able to impregnate a woman. All this stress impacts the couple greatly.”