by Bambi Wineland | Jun 28, 2018 | Adoption related issues, Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Our Children
Fears – Will they leave me? As we continue the discussion on how adoption impacts our children, I want to address fear. Fear is definitely one of the most common issues that parents want to talk about when we are planning a Heritage Journey – their fears...
by Bambi Wineland | Jun 14, 2018 | Adoption related issues, Adoptive Family Travel, Heritage Journey
Building Deeper Connections Yet again my newsletter is off topic and not connected to the series on How Adoption Impacts Our Children, but I promise to take up where I left off (on Fear) next week. Sadly, this week’s newsletter is important in light of the recent high...
by Bambi Wineland | May 29, 2018 | Adoption related issues
Guilt and Shame – I must have been a bad child. Beginning with the first post on this topic dated April 19th, we’ve been discussing how adoption impacts our children. As I said from the beginning, researching the issues related to adoption took me by...
by Bambi Wineland | May 10, 2018 | Adoption related issues, Adoptive Family Travel
Identity Development – Why do I have to be different? For the past several weeks we’ve been discussing how adoption impacts our children. As I said in week one, researching the issues related to adoption hadn’t really occurred to me as an adoptive parent until I...
by Bambi Wineland | May 3, 2018 | Adoption related issues, Adoptive Family Travel, Heritage Journey, Our Children
Self-Esteem, Self-Image, Self-Confidence – Am I good enough? Being adopted impacts our children in ways we never thought possible. And as I mentioned in last weeks’ post, I have thought about this more than I’d like to admit. Once I began researching the issues...
by Bambi Wineland | Apr 26, 2018 | Adoption related issues, Our Children
Loss and Grief. How did being adopted impact my children? I have thought about this question more than I’d like to admit and frankly, the answer can be frightening as well as freeing. Eerily, however, once I began researching the issues related to being adopted I...
