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Giving your children a foundation for making healthy choices in life is a goal most parents would claim. However, sometimes it's hard to sort out exactly what that looks like. Here are some tips to help you lay the groundwork for your kids to make great choices right from the beginning.
Practice What You Preach
We've all heard about how important it is to be a role model for our children. This also applies when it comes to a healthy lifestyle. It isn't enough to tell your kids they should make healthy choices; you should demonstrate the lesson, too. You don't need to be a purist, but it's ...
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6 Ways to Reduce Adoption Anxiety – White Sugar Brown Sugar
I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember, which means when it comes to adoption, my anxiety revs up even more. For my entire life, I've heard things like:
-let go, and let God
-just take a chill pill
-calm down
-you just need to have more faith
-it'll be OK
Let me make one thing very clear: when you have anxiety, you cannot just "suck it up." Anxiety can be debilitating.
Now being anxious in tough circumstances doesn't necessarily mean you have anxiety. There are different types of clinical anxiety. However, situational anxiety is quite common among those waiting to adopt.
I'm not going to play. There are no ...
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C and Baby G – Our experience with AIS!
Dreams can come true.
A year ago, I knew very little about adoption... Within months of starting the process, the AIS team had me matched and worked after-hours to get me ready for a baby girl due 5 months later. The team guided me through the delicate months of my surrendering control and navigating birth mom communications till the baby's early birth in July. Tragically, I got a call from the agency working with the birth mom that there had been complications, and the baby girl passed 12 days later. It was heartbreaking and took months to regroup. Day by day AIS supported me until I decided that I was ready to try again. Now I can ...
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Naming an Adopted Child
My husband Greg and I were blessed to meet and get to know Christy Ikeler, the interviewee in the article below, during the adoption of our son Nathanael almost 15 years ago. Although a lot has changed in adoption in the last 15 years, the significance of naming a child once he or she is born remains an important topic of discussion. In the interview below, Christy speaks on this important issue.
Leigh McMinn
Naming an Adopted Child: An Interview with Christy Ikeler
by Rachel Robertson | Jan 18, 2019
Last week, we featured an article that discussed the significance of a ...
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