Transitioning Home After Adoption
Regardless of the age of the child being adopted, bringing a newly adopted child home is an adjustment for the child, for the parents, and for others in the family, and adjusting is hard time-consuming work.
Every parent, and if the child is old enough, every child goes into adoption with expectations of their life post-adoption. Very often these expectations do not meet reality, and unmet expectations bring their own stress.
Preparation in advance for the realities of newly adopted life and support during the transition time is crucial for adoptive families.
Creating a Family has an active and supportive online adoption support group full of people who have survived the transition period and share their experiences and support in the community we’ve built together.
We also have many resources to prepare adoptive families for Transitioning Home After Adoption. Here a few we think you will find particularly helpful:
- Help! I’m Not Sure I Can Love This Child! (article)
- 4 Tried and True Tips for a Smooth Transition Home with Adopted Kids (article)
- Transitioning Your Child from Foster Care to Adoption (article)
- 9 “Easy” Tips for Surviving 1st 6 Months with Newly Adopted Kids (tip sheet)
- Transitioning Home as a Newly Adoptive Family (1 hr. podcast w/ expert)
- Adopting Older Kids – Things to Consider (1 hr. podcast w/ experts)
Many more Creating a Family interviews with experts, blogs, and fact sheets on transitioning home after adoption can be found at the icons below.
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