{"id":483,"date":"2018-11-13T08:31:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T13:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milestonesandtransitions.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2018-11-12T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T20:34:39","slug":"makes-good-adoptive-parent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milestonesandtransitions.com\/makes-good-adoptive-parent-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a Good Adoptive Parent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding of the uniqueness of adoptive parenthood<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comfort with and full acceptance of parenting a child not born to you<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acceptance and respect for your child\u2019s birth family<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commitment to spending time with your child to build and maintain a positive parent-child relationship<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playfulness and a sense of humour<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexibility<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tolerance for feelings of ambivalence and negativity<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding of your own life experiences and how these can impact your parenting<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Readiness to reach out for help from others<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to delay gratification and not expect immediate rewards from parenting<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realistic expectations of yourself and your child<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commitment to follow through on maintaining important relationships and connections for your child<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognition that your child\u2019s curiosity and interest in their birth parents is not a rejection of you<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Openness to discussing your child\u2019s questions about birth family and adoption<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Readiness to make a lifelong commitment to a child<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Patricia Fenton,\u00a0MSW RSW<\/h6>\n<h6>Milestones &amp; Transitions<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding of the uniqueness of adoptive parenthood Comfort with and full acceptance of parenting a child not born to you Acceptance and respect for your child\u2019s birth family Commitment to spending time with your child to build and maintain a positive parent-child relationship Playfulness and a sense of humour Flexibility Tolerance for feelings of ambivalence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Makes a Good Adoptive Parent? 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