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Know Your Rights
At Heritage Camp a few weeks ago my son, Jac, and I both, independently, took a class that really rocked our worlds. I’ve taken these types of classes at camp before (about growing up brown in the US, or having your child grow up brown in the US) but Jac had never...
Cultivating Positive Identity Development in Adopted Children – Part 2
Welcome back! Last week we discussed what we know about Identity Development in our adopted kiddos. This week we're going to dive in a little deeper to understand how we as parents of adopted children can do to foster positive identity development in our...
Cultivating Positive Identity Development in Adopted Children
I realize I wrote briefly about Identity Development and how it relates to attending Heritage Camp a couple of weeks ago but I spoke at camp this past week and dove much deeper into the topic. It's such an important issue for adoptive families and because it...
It’s heritage camp season in Colorado!
Are you attending a Heritage Camp with your adopted child? Identity Development is one of the key elements for your adopted child to become a healthy, happy human being. Adoption complicates identity development in children and adolescents -- it creates so many...
Keeping Our Children Safe in the Era of School Shootings
Hi families and friends,If you receive my newsletters or read my blog posts you likely have children or spend a lot of time with children. Adopted or not, I think the vast majority of my readers have one thing in common, the children we love. The children we want to...
Journaling and Why It’s Essential to an Amazing Family Adventure!
“It is virtually impossible to write a journal and not discover more about yourself” – Stephanie DowrickJournaling can be a tool for self-discovery, a place for self-reflection, an aid to concentration, a mirror for your thoughts, a place to generate and capture...
Flight deals to Guatemala, China, Belize and more!
This has been an amazing week for flights deals. If you'd like to see for yourself, go to www.scottscheapflights.com. I'm seeing Guatemala round trip flights in the $200s out of several cities. Flights round trip to/from Beijing in the $400s and...
Transformative Travel – what is it and why you want to give it a try!
What is Transformative Travel? Transformative Travel is travel that creates opportunities for connection, self-reflection and growth; gaining self-awareness; and expanding consciousness. It is purposeful travel that incorporates adventure activities, time in...
Practicing Patient Parenting
My good friend, Tiffany Clark, who lives in Columbus, GA is one of the most amazing moms I’ve ever met. She has three grown biological children, all in college -- but then she embarked on what I’ll just call ‘the crazy’ … she adopted four beautiful children from China...
Have an Adventure! Using Travel to Transform your Life!
The travels that were about to transform me began in my dreams as a kid – imagining all those far off places … beautiful, different people; unusual sights and structures; spectacular white sand beaches against turquoise waters; dense tropical rainforests, teeming with...