Exploring Gender with Your Child
Language around gender has shifted in recent years. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association removed the diagnosis of “Gender Identity Disorder” and replaced it with “Gender Dysphoria.”
Read More A Pandemic Adoption
For those adopting from birth, the resulting hospital stay is a culmination of the challenges and hurdles you overcame during your adoption journey. It’s an incredibly powerful, often long-awaited moment. […]
Read MoreHave a kind Weekend
Dear friends, another weekend, and officially in fall! It can feel strange, moving into a new season during such an unmoored year. But we hope you’re able to find ease in the transition and respite in the cooler temperatures. […]
Read MoreCreating Safe Space in Older Child Adoption
Adopting an older child is a much different experience than adopting an infant. While older child adoption typically refers to adopting a child over the age of three, many families find themselves welcoming a child from ages 10-17 that fit perfectly into their family. Families can combine and thrive at any stage of life—what are […]
Read MoreHave A Compassionate Weekend
Hello, dear ones! We hope you’ve had a safe and healthy week, and that you’re taking good care of yourself right now. May you use this weekend to relax and restore, reconnect with someone you care about, and to inject a little bit of kindness back into the world. Here are some of our favorite […]
Read MoreCultivating Positive Self-Image in Children
How we see ourselves is described as our self-image and how we feel about and value ourselves is defined as our self-esteem. Both are critical to our happiness, healthy functioning, and developing healthy relationships. Cultivating one’s self-image and self-esteem is a major element of childhood development and an ongoing process throughout life. Children with childhood […]
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