{Answers} Language Barrier

This is the fifth post in a series that answers the questions you asked.  To read the rest of the series, click here. How do you spend your time before your adopted kids are fluent in English?  It seems like I could handle that for a couple hours a day, but all the time would […]

{Answers} Birth Order

This is the fourth post in a series that answers the questions you asked.  To read the rest of the series, click here. I apologize that the answers to your fab questions have rolled out quite as quickly as I imagined.  Thanks for your patience. Our son is almost 5 and in thinking about adopting again, […]

{Answers} What to do about…?

This is the third post in a series that answers the questions you asked.  To read the rest of the series, click here. Hi Melissa,  I have been trying really hard to use the connected child principles with our new kids.  I have also been watching the videos but have only gone through a handful.  […]

{Answers} Homeschooling

This is the second post in a series that answers the questions you asked.  To read the rest of the series, click here. We are adopting out of birth order, 2 older kids from Latvia.  We have 2 other children (who also were adopted (but as infant & toddler).  Did you wait a few months […]

{Answers} Alpha child

You guys ask hard good questions. I’m going to answer them the best I can as things stand now.  DISCLAIMER: If you ask them again in 6 months, the answers may be different.  I’m also going to milk this Q&A thing by answering one or two questions at a time. We adopted three children – […]

Call for Questions

We just returned from almost a week on the road. We’re trying to find our groove again now that we’re back and CC is over. I have a lot floating around in my head but not enough energy to create meaningful posts, so I thought I’d give you a turn. For the next couple days, […]