KEYS TO OUR FUTURE

March 04

Bridging Communication
The Keys To Our Future sessions have been utterly amazing and Alisha and I now have the great opportunity to bridge the feedback from our parents to adoptees! Let me elaborate…Keys To Our Future will be assisting Korean Heritage Camp and Chinese Heritage Camp in Colorado this summer by facilitating certain high school workshops! We [...]

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Teasing, teasing, teasing
In our last official session of 2010, the topic was “Back to School.” The over-arching question that was brought up was “how to deal with teasing.” Teasing is a part of many children’s lives growing up. The difference is that an adoptee views teasing through the adoptive lens (see previous blog dated September 10 below) [...]

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Adoptee Lenses
At every meeting we get asked the question, “How can I tell with my child when something is an adoption issue and when is it just a pre-teen/teenage/age issue?” The answer every time, is that any issue can become an “adoption issue.”   Adoptees identify as adoptees. The way we came to be a part [...]

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Colorado Heritage Camps Teen Discussion Feedback: Korean Heritage Camp 2010 Teen Discussions:
I was so anxious and excited to facilitate a high school workshop at Korean Heritage Camp this year. Our talk was more of a counseling session, where I really got a pulse of how our young people are feeling about being adopted. I felt incredibly privileged to be able to sit with four groups of [...]

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Quality not Quantity
Our recent April Fathers’ Only session was wonderful. I think initially, I was a little anxious to see if the fathers would be participative or hesitant with their thoughts and questions; but I was pleasantly surprised to see so much dialogue and stories being shared. One observation that I took away from this session was [...]

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