Teen Adoptees
The Power of Words: Being Mindful About Adoption
Adoption is more complicated than people may know or expect. Without realizing it, words carry heavy weights that have the capacity to knock someone down. But words also have the ability to build strength within someone and lift them up.
Read MoreThree Of The Most Annoying Things You Can Say To An Adoptee
“So your parents aren’t your real parents?” You’ve heard this question before. How does this make an adoptee feel? There’s better adoptee language, and we encourage thinking about a different way to ask a question or make a statement.
Read MoreHow To Combat The Winter Blues
Here is a quick guide for how to take care of yourself when Mother Nature is giving you the Winter Blues. Tap into your creative ideas. Spend some time doing what makes you feel good. Remember this winter will end and you will get through it!
Read MoreDocumentary Review: Generation Cryo
The search process is complicated and emotional for all parties involved. When I recently came across the documentary GENERATION CRYO, I was blown away by their ability to capture such a deeply intense, complicated, and emotional experience in a natural and unproduced manner.
Read MoreWho are we? Searching for Identity
How does the world see me? Who do I want to be? Every teenager begins to ask these questions. For the adopted, teen identity can be even more complicated!
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