by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
So often our babes from foster care come with so many labels attached because of the trauma they have experienced. What we often fail to understand is that they WANT to revive connection, care, reciprocation, it’s just such a long, long, way back. This is why...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
You will find here at Blended many reviews about books, TV, tools, and films for adoptive families. I try to only point to those that have been most helpful to me, or those that have the most universal appeal and are high quality. Currently there are two films, one...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
My first baby turned 10 today. Ten. Perhaps it’s the double digits, or as we have taken to calling it here, The Decade Celebration, but I have been wandering around the house shaking my head that I have now been parenting for a decade. There is something significant...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Guest Bloggers
Lately I have been thinking quite a bit about the power of gifting our children’s birth language to them post adoption. This can be a dicey subject among adoptive parents and just so you know, I have landed firmly in the belief that parents of adoptees, whether...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
With far too much happening on the web I curated a special list of articles and happenings just for Blended readers. Here’s a list of what I’m reading and thinking about this week. This past fall my children were obsessed with Doc McStuffins. Obsessed....
