Tag: parenting
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Understanding personality types changed my parenting
Reading Quiet last year was a major turning point in my understanding of my own introverted personality. I’ve long been interested in the subject of personality types, but it was only when I felt completely off my axis that I begin to realize this information was truly useful in my daily life! Every personality type…
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Parenting: When to talk to kids about sex?
As parents of kids ranging up to married-and-could-give-us-grandkids age, we’ve been there, done that when it comes to talking to our kids about sex. Sure, it’s awkward — but we’re naive to think someone else won’t talk to them about it if we the parents don’t bring up the subject. With a teen girl and…
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When Mom Struggles with Bonding in Adoption
In adoption circles, “attachment” is a big buzz-word. A diagnosis of RAD (reactive attachment disorder) tends to be the exception rather than the rule, but many adopted children have some difficulty bonding with their new parents. This is easy to understand if you think about it: children growing up in foster homes or orphanages, or…
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Adoption finalization is just the beginning
For the past six months, these children have lived in my home, and for nearly that long they have called me Mama. Today we finalized their adoption. That’s the end of our foster-adoption process, but this is only the beginning of more than a dozen more years of parenting. {at the courthouse today} Adoption Day…
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Kids Ask Hard Questions {foster adoption}
“Why did God make Kathryn cough?” This was the question one evening after Kathryn had suffered all day with an asthma flare-up due to a summer cold. Scout’s approach was to hug her whenever possible and tell her, “I’m sorry your cough hurts.” Jem, however, wanted to know the why behind it in a bigger…