Adoption Dissolution: Statistics, Causes, and What Families Need to Know
Adoption dissolution ends a legal adoption after finalization. Here's what the research shows about why it happens, how often, and what can prevent it.
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Adoption Life Book: How to Make One and Why It Matters
An adoption life book helps your child build a coherent story of who they are. Here's what to include, how to create one, and why the research supports it.
Adoption Regret: What It Actually Is and Why It's More Common Than Anyone Admits
Adoption regret is real, rarely discussed, and often confused with Post-Adoption Depression. Here's what the research shows and how families can move through it.
Alternatives to Attachment Therapy for Adopted Children: What Parents Can Use While Waiting (or Instead)
Attachment therapy waitlists run 3-12 months. Here are the most effective alternatives adoptive parents can use at home right now.
Best Post-Adoption Attachment Resource for Parents in Crisis
When your adopted child is in active crisis and therapy is months away, here's what actually helps. Ranked by immediacy and effectiveness.
Blocked Care in Adoption: When Parenting Burns Out Your Capacity to Love
Blocked care happens when a child's chronic rejection shuts down the adoptive parent's empathy. Here's what it is, why it happens, and how to recover from it.
Co-Regulation Parenting: How to Be Your Adopted Child's Emotional Thermostat
Co-regulation parenting helps adopted children regulate their nervous system through the parent's calm. Here's what it is, why it works, and how to do it.
Healing Attachment Wounds in Adopted Children: What Actually Works
Healing attachment wounds takes more than love. Here's what the research shows about evidence-based therapies and daily parenting strategies that move the needle.
How to Handle Adopted Child Meltdowns Without Losing Your Temper
Adopted children's meltdowns follow a different logic than typical tantrums. Here's the trauma-informed approach that stops escalation and builds attachment.
PACE Model Parenting: Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy in Adoption
The PACE model by Dan Hughes gives adoptive parents a practical relational stance for healing developmental trauma. Here's what each element means and how to apply it.
Post-Adoption Counseling: How to Find the Right Therapist for Your Family
Post-adoption counseling works best with an adoption-competent therapist trained in TBRI or DDP. Here's what to look for and the right questions to ask.
I've Read All the Adoption Books. Why Am I Still Struggling? What to Use Instead.
When The Connected Child, Beyond Consequences, and TBRI training haven't stopped the meltdowns, here's what's actually missing — and what fills the gap.
Post-Adoption Support Guide vs Beyond Consequences: Which Is Right for Your Family?
Comparing Beyond Consequences by Heather Forbes to a practical post-adoption playbook. Which approach works when you're in active crisis?
Primal Wound Theory: What It Is and What It Means for Adoptive Families
The primal wound theory holds that infant adoption creates a core trauma of separation. Here's the clinical case for it, the critique, and what it means for your family.
Time In vs Time Out: Why the Difference Matters for Adopted Children
Time outs backfire with adopted children because isolation triggers abandonment fear. Here's how time ins work and when to use them instead.
Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI): A Guide for Adoptive Parents
Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) is the leading trauma-informed model for adopted children. Here is how it works and how to start using it at home.