7 Obstacles to Planting Good Seeds in Your Adoptive Family


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In this introductory episode of my new series about what I’m describing as “planting seeds” in our adoptive families, I want to go over some of the obstacles you may face as an adoptive mom: obstacles to planting the good seeds, seeds of love, seeds of learning, and seeds of growth. You’ve probably seen and heard me say over and over again to keep learning, keep growing, and keep loving” and that’s as much an encouragement I want to give to you as it is a reminder and encouragement to myself. I wanted to dedicate this series of episodes to these three topics. 

So as we get into this series, I decided to first talk about the seven obstacles to planting good seeds in this introductory episode.
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Putting away Power Struggles


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“BECAUSE I CANNN…!!”

I vividly remember those words coming from my teenage daughter as I questioned her about her motivation for something she had done. 

Not the words of someone who is open to a reflective dialog or reasoned conversation. 

And that was that. 

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