Adopt4Life

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    • Our Mission
    • Board of Directors
    • Our Team
    • Media
    • Testimonial
    • Jobs & Opportunities
    • Join Our Community
    • Parent2Parent
    • Parent2Parent Support Groups
    • LGBTQ2S+
    • Getting Started
    • Adoption 101
    • Quotes
    • Links
    • Books
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Webinars
    • Call to Action
    • Time to Attach Stories
    • Media Coverage
    • Adoptive and Awaiting Parents
    • Customary Caregivers
    • Kinship Caregivers
    • About the Survey
    • 2019 Federal Pre-budget
    • Adoption Awareness and Developmental Trauma
    • Adopt4Life Community Celebration 2018
    • FASD Awareness 2018
    • Breastfeeding Awareness 2018
    • LGBTQ2S+ & FMNI 2018
    • Mental Health Awareness with PCMH
    • Black History Month 2018
    • Attachment in Adoption February 2018
    • Openness
    • Openness Photo Contest 2017
    • FASD Awareness+FARP
    • LGBTQ2S+ & FMNI 2017
    • Family Month Youth Stories
    • Support 4 Every Family
    • Voices From Care
    • A Home 4 Every Kid
    • Stronger Together

Attachment in Adoption February 2018

In February we are sharing stories of attachment in adoption across Ontario to further develop how this topic effects families.

  • Adoption Awareness and Developmental Trauma
  • Adopt4Life Community Celebration 2018
  • FASD Awareness 2018
  • Breastfeeding Awareness 2018
  • LGBTQ2S+ & FMNI 2018
  • Mental Health Awareness with PCMH
  • Black History Month 2018
  • Attachment in Adoption February 2018
  • Openness
  • Openness Photo Contest 2017
  • FASD Awareness+FARP
  • LGBTQ2S+ & FMNI 2017
  • Family Month Youth Stories
  • Support 4 Every Family
  • Voices From Care
  • A Home 4 Every Kid
  • Stronger Together
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Work-shopping Attachment with Teens

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 21, 2018

It doesn’t work to force your vision of a happy family on a child, we all know this in theory. This piece may only relate to teens, but I think it takes some trial and error and work-shopping to figure out the attachment piece; not every child needs the same thing.  

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Family Day?

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 20, 2018

My experience of being an adoptive parent for 18 years has been many things, not the least of which, a journey of self-reflection, humility and objectivity. It has required me to look through the lens of my daughter’s eyes, in situations from the mundane to the complex, in an attempt to imagine how she feels about it all. I can never know.

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Making Connections

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 15, 2018

At the beginning of our adoption journey, we had a very specific idea of what our family would look like, and how we would handle parenting challenges.

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Different Degrees of Hard Places

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 14, 2018

For the first 2 years of my son being home, I thought we had dodged the whole, “attachment issues” bullet. It seems that I was wrong… 

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Breastfeeding an adopted child

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 13, 2018

Whether or not to breastfeed is a very personal decision for both biological and adoptive mothers. In my opinion the feelings of both the mother and child need to be respected in making a decision either way. 

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Making Connections

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 8, 2018

At the beginning of our adoption journey, we had a very specific idea of what our family would look like, and how we would handle parenting challenges. What we have discovered is that our son has taught us how to adapt to circumstances and make connections that we never would have thought possible.

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Read, Learn, Experience

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 7, 2018

Read, learn, experience, try things out and put aside anything that isn’t working for you. You will figure it out and become a stronger family for discovering your own best ways of doing things together. 

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From Survival to Attachment

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 6, 2018

We protected ourselves so much, but we built walls. All these things unfortunately delayed our bond and attachment to our child.

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The Role of Compassion in Attachment

Adopt4Life Webmaster February 2, 2018

Attachment takes work. Playing, attuning, and connecting in moments of good behaviour is easy. Staying connected in moments of undesirable behaviour—not so much. In fact, without compassion, I find it nearly impossible. 

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Adopt4Life Hosts Attachment in Adoption Campaign

Adopt4Life Webmaster January 31, 2018
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Contact Us

1 888 274 6222 x 106
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147 Liberty Street, Suite E01, Toronto, ON M6K3G3

Our services are available in English and French.

Adopt4Life

We support Adoptive families in Ontario

Adopt4life is a non-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario providing support and guidance to adoptive families throughout their journey from the moment they are matched with their children through to adulthood. We help adoptive parents through the adoption process.

Adopt4Life.com | 147 Liberty st., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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