Adoption/Foster Parent
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Loving Parents Who Set Boundaries Best for Adopted Kids
Posted on 8/21/2019
Q: A Christian (but very liberal) adoption agency recently turned down our application because they disapprove of our parenting approach, which is your parenting approach. We told them we...
Read MoreFamily Is Family, No Matter the Prefix
Posted on 6/25/2019
Q: We have two married daughters, one of whom is adopted. The biological daughter has two children who, we recently discovered, have been told that it is wrong to call our adopted daughter “aunt...
Read MoreAdopted Son Wants to Live With Biological Mother
Posted on 2/21/2017
Q: Our 14-year-old son, who was adopted by open adoption, now wants to go live with his birth-mother. She was completely out of the picture until a couple of years ago when she suddenly showed...
Read MoreAdoption Advice
Posted on 5/19/2015
Copyright 2015, John K. Rosemond Q: We have two children, ages 9 and 5, and are considering adopting a third, perhaps an older child, even a teenager. Do you have any advice for us? ...
Read MoreDon't Make a Big Deal of Adoption
Posted on 4/8/1990
Q. We recently adopted a baby boy. The social worker at the agency told us we should make this adoption part of "normal, everyday conversation" from day one. She said we should talk to him about...
Read MoreRecent Questions
10 YEAR OLD WITH DEMONS?
Posted on 10/5/2022
I have been asking questions and seeking advice for a time. Had a coach, but my husband discontinued service. Last time I wrote I mentioned, My husband said we should cut it at the root. He...
Read MoreAdoption questions
Posted on 9/27/2022
We have adopted 2 sons. They are 5 and 3 years old, and they came to us as babies (6 months and 3 1/2 months). They have never had any family member visits, or anyone in their lives other than my...
Read MoreFinding Herself
Posted on 12/15/2021
Second question... We have 2 foster kiddos we're adopting. I have an 11 year old foster daughter who is really an amazing, respectful and happy girl. She really struggles with figuring out who...
Read MoreFear of the New
Posted on 12/15/2021
Our Foster son (8 years old) who we will be adopting in the next 6 months (working on paperwork and all the legal stuff that goes with it) has a very low self esteem and melts down and has a full...
Read MoreFoster Child Struggles With Sleep
Posted on 1/29/2021
I have a 6 yr old foster child who comes out of his bedroom 20-30 or more a night. He refuses to stay in his room. We have tried all kinds of consequences and nothing seems to work. He even laughs...
Read MorePosted on 1/28/2021
My grandson was adopted from an orphanage in India when he was 3 years old. My daughter and son-in-law have had him for 2 years as he will be 5 in June. This boy is and has been an unbelievingly...
Read MoreDealing with 6-Year-Old's Backtalk and Lies
Posted on 10/9/2020
My husband and I are taking custody of a six year old little boy (no relation to us) who has been abandoned by his meth addicted mother, and his father whom he's never met is in prison for...
Read MoreBooks about Boys
Posted on 8/12/2020
Hi, My husband and I are going to be taking custody of a 6 year old boy whose mother is a meth addict and has exposed him to major drug use including overdose by outsiders. He is remarkably well...
Read MoreMisbehavior list increases
Posted on 4/14/2020
Please help! Our almost 5-year old daughter behaves terribly and we do not know where to start. We read the book Well-behaved Child but we also need individual consultation with you. A little...
Read More4 Year Old Boy's Baffling Behavior
Posted on 1/2/2020
We adopted our son in October 2018. He was almost 3 years old. Right away I noticed he banged his head in his sleep or to go to sleep. Banged into his hands or pillow, almost rhythmically. I know...
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