Adoption in Hampton Roads, Virginia Post-Placement Supervision by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services After a child has been legally placed in your home for the purpose of adoption, the placement will be supervised by a licensed child-placing agent. What does that mean? Your adoption agent will visit … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services In order to adopt a child in Virginia, the child must be legally available for adoption. This means the biological parents have either had their parental rights terminated by a judge, or the biological parents are willing to legally entrust the … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services Should we admit fault to our children? ABSOLUTELY! If you’ve ever been wronged and the person hasn’t taken responsibility for their actions, you know exactly how this feels. This is breeding ground for mistrust, disappointment, resentment, and distancing. You wanted them … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services Ahhh, the old helpless routine… Sometimes quite the mystery. She can’t do something today that she did easily yesterday. What’s going on here? Often she’s just asking for some of your time, to be close, have you to herself. Sometimes she’s … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services First let me say that if this is a simple “whaa” because a child did not get his way, ignore it. Step right on by and go in another room. Most of the time a tantrum with no audience loses its … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services Now that you have chosen the right agency to fit your needs, you can relax in that your agency will keep track of what will be done and when. You should feel confident that your agent will let you know what … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services Children need to be safe. Children need to feel safe. This is the #1 non-negotiable aspect of parenting. If your children are not safe, get them somewhere where they can be safe and feel safe. No matter what the cost. Children … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services Imagine this: You are at the best concert of your life. The music is perfect. They are playing your favorite songs. Your best friends bought you the tickets for your birthday and it’s pretty much the best time you ever had. … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services If you are thinking about adopting, the time to find the right agency is now. There is much to consider and the right agency will give you all the information you need to make the right decisions. There are many agencies … [Read more…]
by Linda Michie, Executive Director and Founder at Wishing Well Adoption & Family Services So many parents tell me that they spend their days telling their children “don’t do this”, “stop that”, “cut it out or you’re going to your room”. This is a steady stream of negative attention that teaches our children if they … [Read more…]