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How to help adopted children succeed in life
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive
English - April 19, 2021 09:14 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsParenting Kids & Family Health & Fitness Mental Health adoptees adoption healing adoption trauma adoptee Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Spencer's uplifting story starts with 11 failed placements including one stillborn child, his wife's two bouts of cancer and countless miserable sleepless nights. But the couple were always coming from love so they just keep going. More than anything else, they wanted to share their hearts and home with children - loving them like children are meant to be loved.
He shares what he's learned on the back of painful experience - insights on the big issues on adoptive parents' minds:
Recognising and handling any grief at not being able to create a child that looks like us.Getting through the trickiest of times, taking the learnings and moving on.What children need to know to thrive and rise above challenges they may face in life.Being open with children about what they're from and the reasons for the adoption.Building relationships with birth mothers and their families for better adoptions.Seeing our own resilience and sharing that with our children.
Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.