Adoption Wise

If your family is a blend of kids by birth and adoption/foster care, or if you had an established family created by adoption and then added new children from “hard places,” don’t miss this interview with Lisa’s daughter, Annarose.

How do siblings in the family feel, and what do they experience, when you add children to the family through adoption or foster care? What if the new children come with lots of challenges?

In this episode, Lisa interviews her daughter and middle child of eleven, Annarose, about the challenges and blessings of being a sister to kids through adoption. Annarose loves life, adventure, and Jesus. At the time of the interview, she was studying abroad in Colombia, South America.

Links Relevant to this episode:

Have your children take Lisa's sibling survey here.

Giving Voice to Siblings Part 1 and Part 2.

Big Kid Date Night

What about the siblings?

Lisa and Melissa answer this reader question:

My child has more challenges than nearly any other child I know. Should I have my child tested and diagnosed?

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

If your family is a blend of kids by birth and adoption/foster care, or if you had an established family created by adoption and then added new children from “hard places,” don’t miss this interview with Lisa’s daughter, Annarose.

How do siblings in the family feel, and what do they experience, when you add children to the family through adoption or foster care? What if the new children come with lots of challenges?

In this episode, Lisa interviews her daughter and middle child of eleven, Annarose, about the challenges and blessings of being a sister to kids through adoption. Annarose loves life, adventure, and Jesus. At the time of the interview, she was studying abroad in Colombia, South America.

Links Relevant to this episode:

Have your children take Lisa's sibling survey here.

Giving Voice to Siblings Part 1 and Part 2.

Big Kid Date Night

What about the siblings?

Lisa and Melissa answer this reader question:

My child has more challenges than nearly any other child I know. Should I have my child tested and diagnosed?

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

If your family is a blend of kids by birth and adoption/foster care, or if you had an established family created by adoption and then added new children from “hard places,” don’t miss this interview with Lisa’s daughter, Annarose.

How do siblings in the family feel, and what do they experience, when you add children to the family through adoption or foster care? What if the new children come with lots of challenges?

In this episode, Lisa interviews her daughter and middle child of eleven, Annarose, about the challenges and blessings of being a sister to kids through adoption. Annarose loves life, adventure, and Jesus. At the time of the interview, she was studying abroad in Colombia, South America.

Links Relevant to this episode:

Have your children take Lisa's sibling survey here.

Giving Voice to Siblings Part 1 and Part 2.

Big Kid Date Night

What about the siblings?

Lisa and Melissa answer this reader question:

My child has more challenges than nearly any other child I know. Should I have my child tested and diagnosed?

5 Tips for Staying Connected to Your Original Kids when New Siblings Join the Family

Grab this download if you want some tips on how to keep your original kids from getting lost in the chaos.

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

Many adoptive and foster parents have questions about how and when to talk with their kids about their stories.

What if your child’s story is really hard? Should you tell them the truth? How old should they be?

Don’t miss this interview with Lisa’s mentor and friend Jayne Schooler. She is an adoptive mom, co-creator (with her husband, David) of Trauma Competent Caregiver training, and author of multiple books related to adoption and foster care.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Jayne's Books

Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families

The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child, Making Sense of the Past

Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues

Links Relevant to this episode:

Back2Back Ministries

Hospitious Adoption (free pdf download)

Lisa and Melissa answer this reader question:

We've always homeschooled and assumed it would be best for building attachment with our newly adopted children, but it doesn't seem to be working out. What should we do?

Disclosure: This post includes affiliate links and The Adoption Connection may earn a commission if you shop through the links.

Many adoptive and foster parents have questions about how and when to talk with their kids about their stories.

What if your child’s story is really hard? Should you tell them the truth? How old should they be?

Don’t miss this interview with Lisa’s mentor and friend Jayne Schooler. She is an adoptive mom, co-creator (with her husband, David) of Trauma Competent Caregiver training, and author of multiple books related to adoption and foster care.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Jayne's Books

Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families

The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child, Making Sense of the Past

Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues

Links Relevant to this episode:

Back2Back Ministries

Hospitious Adoption (free pdf download)

Lisa and Melissa answer this reader question:

We've always homeschooled and assumed it would be best for building attachment with our newly adopted children, but it doesn't seem to be working out. What should we do?

Disclosure: This post includes affiliate links and The Adoption Connection may earn a commission if you shop through the links. 

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

Many adoptive and foster parents have questions about how and when to talk with their kids about their stories.

What if your child’s story is really hard? Should you tell them the truth? How old should they be?

Don’t miss this interview with Lisa’s mentor and friend Jayne Schooler. She is an adoptive mom, co-creator (with her husband, David) of Trauma Competent Caregiver training, and author of multiple books related to adoption and foster care.

Jayne's Books

Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families

The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child, Making Sense of the Past

Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues

Links Relevant to this episode:

Back2Back Ministries

Hospitious Adoption (free pdf download)

Lisa and Melissa answer this reader question:

We've always homeschooled and assumed it would be best for building attachment with our newly adopted children, but it doesn't seem to be working out. What should we do?

Disclosure: This post includes affiliate links and The Adoption Connection may earn a commission if you shop through the links. 

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

Many adoptive and foster parents have questions about how and when to talk with their kids about their stories.

What if your child’s story is really hard? Should you tell them the truth? How old should they be?

Don’t miss this interview with Lisa’s mentor and friend Jayne Schooler. She is an adoptive mom, co-creator (with her husband, David) of Trauma Competent Caregiver training, and author of multiple books related to adoption and foster care.

Jayne's Books

Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families

The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child, Making Sense of the Past

Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues

Links Relevant to this episode:

Back2Back Ministries

Hospitious Adoption (free pdf download)

Lisa and Melissa answer this reader question:

We've always homeschooled and assumed it would be best for building attachment with our newly adopted children, but it doesn't seem to be working out. What should we do?

Disclosure: This post includes affiliate links and The Adoption Connection may earn a commission if you shop through the links. 

10 Principles of Telling the Truth

Would you like a free copy of Ten Principles of Telling the Truth to guide conversations with your children? Grab it here. We’re already using it with our kids - it’s so good.

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

Mornings can be tough- school mornings can be even tougher. Moms often ask us for strategies to smooth out the morning so we don’t all feel frazzled and defeated by 8 am.

Lisa and Melissa walk through their favorite tips and strategies to help you create a drama-free morning for your family.

Mornings can be tough- school mornings can be even tougher. Moms often ask us for strategies to smooth out the morning so we don’t all feel frazzled and defeated by 8 am.

Lisa and Melissa walk through their favorite tips and strategies to help you create a drama-free morning for your family.

Mornings can be tough- school mornings can be even tougher. Moms often ask us for strategies to smooth out the morning so we don’t all feel frazzled and defeated by 8 am.

Lisa and Melissa walk through their favorite tips and strategies to help you create a drama-free morning for your family.