by Emma Vex | Oct 17, 2014 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions, Uncategorized
Ready or not, school is back in session. For most families that means homework and projects will fill your evenings for the next 10 months. You’ll be tackling reading and math and your child’s past. Yep, your child’s past. Projects like the family tree or bring a baby...
by Emma Vex | Aug 8, 2014 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions, Uncategorized
Incorporating exercise into your children’s lifestyle is extremely important not only for their physical health, but also their emotional and mental state. Exercising with your child, especially your adopted children, can increase bonding between parent and child as...
by Emma Vex | Jul 17, 2014 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions, Uncategorized
Everyone has experienced grief at some point of his or her life. Yet, as adults we often find difficulty in accepting a child’s grief, especially adoptive children’s grief. We hear the following sentences all too often, “But you rescued him/her. They shouldn’t be sad....
by Emma Vex | Nov 20, 2013 | Adoptions
Many (if not all) adoptive families have experienced the damaging effects of stereotypes and labels applied to adopted children. From headlines like “Adopted child steals car” to references in parent-teacher meetings about a child’s adoption affecting school work,...
by Emma Vex | Nov 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Who is your real mom?” Every adoptive mother and child has heard these questions and cringed. Unfortunately it’s not the only insensitive question about adoption you or your child will face. Children can be rude and at times even cruel. Even when they aren’t...
