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Attachment

Signs of Healthy Attachment
Tips for Attachment

A New Definition of Attachment
Attachment
Empowered to Connect
Establishing A Routine
Connecting Through Everyday Baby Care
Promoting Healthy Attachment
Bonding With Your Child
Tips When Child Attaches To Only One Parent
Be sure to check out all of Lisa Qualls' posts on Attachment and Trauma here
Are We Trying To Fit Square Pegs Into Round Holes?
P.L.A.C.E. - Five Key Attitudes in Attachment
Confessions of a Mom with Attachment Disorder - struggling to bond with your adopted childPromoting Attachment With Your Child While In Country
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Grief and Loss
Embracing the Grief of Adoption
A History of Loss

Claiming
A Commitment to Claim
Parental Claiming of an Older Child
Barriers to Claiming an Older Child


Medical Issues

Medical Issues Common to Ethiopia Adoptees
Giardia and Other Parasites
Hepatitis A - Mayo Clinic
Tuberculosis in International Adoptees

Realistic Expectations
Adoption - Not for the Weak of Heart
Reshaping Expectations


Behaviors

Is It Adoption Related or Not?
What To Do When Your Baby Is Anxious
Hoarding Food
So, Your Adopted Child Hoards Food
When Food Becomes A Battleground
Sleep and Babies
Coping With Adoption Stress
Understanding Sensory Processing and Difficult Behaviors
When One Parent Is Rejected
Effective Time-Ins
Healthy Discipline for Adopted Children
Helping a Child with Sexualized Behaviors
Dealing With A Non-Stop Question Asker
Who's In Charge?
When They Are Difficult To Like
How Do I Handle Lying?
Responding to Aggressive and Violent Behavior
How Do I Handle Manipulation and Control?
Why Won't My Child Act His Age?
When Your Adopted Child Pushes You Away
Understanding Negative Behavior
Tantrums

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Including Teachers, Family & Friends

How To Answer Awkward Questions About Adoption
Helping Family Understand Adoption
Adoption Basics for Family and Friends.
Why White People Adopt Black Children
Alerting Teachers to Adoption-Related Issues

Transracial Issues

The Risk of Transracial Adoption?
Hey Mom, They Don't See Your Little Girl
Raising Black Kids in a 'White' State
Does Race Matter?
Start A Conversation About Race With Kids
Parents of Adoptees: My Own Race
Ten Things Adult Transracial Adoptees Want You To Know
NOT Colorblind - Learning the Lessons of Transracial Parenting

Post Adoption Depression

What To Do If This Happens To You
Could It Be Post Adoption Depression?
Understanding Post Adoption Depression
Scriptures for Anxiety and Depression
 

When It's Just HARD

Notes on Hope

Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Don't wait to get professional help)
Unexpected Challenges

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Siblings of Adopted Kids

Preparing Your Child for a Sibling

From Only to Oldest
Giving Voice to Siblings

Language

12 Amharic Words and Phrases
Learn Colors in Amharic
How Language Skills Develop in Internationally Adopted Children
Amharic-English Dictionary

Oromo-English Dictionary

God's Perspective
Devotionals for Adoptive Parents

Hair Care

Natural Hair Rules
Hair With Purpose  

Kurly T-spot   

Chocolate Hair/Vanilla Care  

Hair Care Videos  (Scroll to bottom of page to section titled ‘Keeping It Real’ and click on hair care videos.)
How to Properly Detangle Hair

Older Child Adoption
Fasten Your Sweet Belt  A book and blog written by a mother and her adopted daughter, with topics like eating, bonding, overcoming, believing...
Older Child Adoption: A Psychologist's Story of Love and Attachment
Adopting an Older Child
Initial Adjustment of School-aged Children to a New Family
10 Things You Wish You Knew About Older Child Adoption
Dear Christian Parent Adopting An Older Child
How To Get The Help You Need
Is Older Child Adoption A Special Need?
What We Wish We Had Known

Travel
Packing With Attachment in Mind
How To Survive the Trip

International Adoption (General)

What I Learned About Motherhood by Being An Adoptive Parent
Developmental Delays in Internationally Adopted Children
How Do I Find The Right Professionals To Help Us?
Somewhere Between - movie available on Netflix
Unexpected Blessings!
10 Things To Do While You Wait
Post Adoption Support Resources

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