Category: adoptee self-esteem

  • The Special Needs of Adopted Children

    The Special Needs of Adopted Children

    Adopted children have special needs that adoptive, first, and foster parents must learn  in order to become their child’s #1 cheerleader. Use this list as needed and as age-appropriate for discussing special needs with your child. You might say, “An adopted person wrote a list of her special needs. Would you be interested in seeing…

  • What Made Me A Kick-Ass Adoptee

    What Made Me A Kick-Ass Adoptee

    Hell yes, adoptees are angry! Excuse my French…I’m just a veteran adoptee, finally free from anger’s choking grip, and ready to hunt bear on behalf of my fellow adoptees and foster kids who believe that their anger might be a life sentence. Up until now, most adoptees have believed there’s no hope for resolving overwhelming…

  • ONLY GOD Can Impart Self-Worth to Adopted Children

    ONLY GOD Can Impart Self-Worth to Adopted Children

    When I was asked to be trained as a Teaching Leader for Bible Study Fellowship in California, I felt so insignificant compared to the other woman who got training with me. One time during that week-long, arduous training, another woman peeked inside the car where I was seated and said, “You are just as good…