Adopting older children

We had adopted before. We had therapeutic parent training. We love teenagers. Surely, we would rock at older child adoption. Maybe you weren't nearly as optimistic and naive as us, but chances are that there is a disconnect between your expectations and what you are experiencing. Maybe you are prepping for an older child adoption, [...]

A mother and daughter share lessons they learned when adopting an older child. From Adoptive Families magazine.

Think you could be the right family for an older child adoption? First, here are 10 things you need to know about adopting an older child.

Bonding after #adoption isn't always quick. I really like this simple basis for to begin the process of attachment parenting.

Adoption is an interesting and confusing process. It's emotional and heartbreaking long before you ever meet your children. The confusion doesn't go away once you know who your kids are either. If anything, it gets more confusing. I am the type of person that likes to do as much research as possible about parts of my life that have become confusing or challenging. I make lists and methodically prepare for every conceivable situation. Unfortunately for me, there isn't a ton of information out…

Welcome back for the second installment of my series about preparing for an older child adoption from foster care! Steve and I have been doing little things here and there for our kids' rooms since we began our homestudy. We knew we wanted to adopt a sibling group, so we began preparing both of our guest bedrooms to accommodate up to two children each. Now that we know the specific children that will be moving in, we are making more specific changes. We went in with a strategy of keeping…

Older child adoption has given me more joy, more sadness, more fulfillment, more stress and more gray hairs than anything else in my life.

Adopting Older Children Internationally (what I wish I had known) #adoption #internationaladoption #olderchildadoption #childadoption

Counseling, consistency and communication are three of the essential issues that helped us through the challenges of adopting an older child

It was tucking-in-bed time. He’d been quiet, withdrawn, and I could tell why. My son is an older foster child, whom we are in the process of adopting. At 5 years of age, my foster son entered the system. He came to us at age 7. He is now 8. Not to say his life […]