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Top 10 Tips for Letterbox Contact
I was recently able to sit and observe some local authority training for prospective adopters around keeping in touch or ‘contact’ as most people will know it by. I had the opportunity to feedback as well as personally reflect on some of those early feelings that I remember having when we first started out. I…
The Bittersweet Reality of Diagnosis
I like many other adoptive parents remember being told (albeit very kindly) that we would need to be prepared to accept the many and often complex unknowns that come as part of the risks with adoption. This is a true and essential thing for us to accept in order that we can completely and unconditionally…
Top Ten tips for your First Christmas
Well the craziness has well and truly descended on our home and the run up to Christmas seems to be busier that ever with school discos, school Christmas dinners, sleepovers, Christmas shopping, adoption training and life in general. I’ve recently been supporting some families with children newly placed with them and they are looking ahead…
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