Adoption Connection

08/01/2023

Greetings to all Adoption Connection families!

I am asking for a favor. One of our adoptive families has recently found out their 5 year old son has leukemia. Please keep this child and his parents in your thoughts and prayers!

10/30/2022

True story. ❤️

12/31/2021

Who's joining in to change this narrative in 2022?! 🌳

It is time for a rebirth of experience.

Let's reclaim childhood together one hour, one memory, one skinned knee, one tree climb, one apple pick, one snowman, on picnic, one tide pool, one waterfall, one hike, one slide, one skip, one firefly, one sunrise, one bike ride, on mosquito bite, one sandcastle, on drippy popsicle, one belly laugh at a time. ❤️

Download your *FREE* 2022 1000 Hours Outside Tracker Sheet here >> https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/trackers

Link to the research studies from the National Wildlife Federation here >>https://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/education-parents-get-kids-outdoors.pdf

11/16/2021

Sometimes, scrolling Instagram can feel like a "how to" for parenting. ⁣

⁣Say this, not that. ⁣⁣

Do this, not that. ⁣⁣

And while so many of these tips are helpful and wonderful guides, I think as parents they can also give us this illusion of control over outcomes with our children. (Something we probably all wish we had!)⁣⁣

As parents, we can do all of the things recommended to us by experts on Instagram, books, blogs, doctors and other professionals and still there are going to be hurdles, struggles and outcomes we were never prepared for. ⁣⁣

And that's just how life is sometimes. Unpredictable, hard and complicated.⁣⁣

We cannot control every single thing now or in their future, nor should we. ⁣⁣

Our children, just like us are unique humans having a unique life experience and no one solution or strategy is going to "solve" every challange. ⁣

⁣All we can do is our best. ⁣

⁣Keep trying new things. ⁣⁣Roll with what comes our way.⁣⁣

Support them the best we can, with what we have.

⁣⁣Do you ever struggle with feeling like you have to do all of the "right" things as a parent? Constantly searching for tips and strategies?

✨Link in Bio for my current offerings for parents and professionals.

10/29/2021

06/23/2021

This is so true! Birth parents are very special people and deserve admiration. Thank your birth parents and remember the gift they have given!

06/17/2021

What to Ask Children Instead of “How Was Your Day?”

CREDIT Big Life Journal

04/05/2021

Love this! What other alternatives to “have a good day” do you use?

(via Big Life Journal)

03/31/2021

One way to think about mental health for children is that it’s like the levelness of a piece of furniture, such as a table. And that levelness can depend on the table, the floor it’s on, or both.

03/06/2021

8 Things Your Child Needs to Hear From You ❤️

https://www.positiveparentingsolutions.com/parenting/encouraging-words