Posted September 4th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Food, Health, Northern Europe, Parenting
Tags: Baby-Boomer, bread, convenience food, cost, crust, finish your plate, frugality, Great Depression, no choice of food, no exception, no variation, Orphanage, rigid parenting, same for everyone, single serve, thriftiness
Posted September 1st, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Driving, Health, Mental Health, Parenting, Safety, Trauma
Tags: apologies, blood, car accident, car wreck, collision, depression, Ford Falcon, hospital, impact, non cooperative, Orphanage, plastic surgery, Ptsd, scolding, shock, six year old, surgery, trust, WWII trauma
Posted July 19th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Asian, Attachment, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting
Tags: admiration, air of importance, appointment, camp, desired, draw attention, engagement, envied, fashionably late, late, provocative dress, punctuality
Posted July 18th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Clothing, Hygiene, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting, Trauma
Tags: Complexion, Envy, first impression, late adoption, makeup, Never Satisfied, obsessed, perfection, photograph, Photoshop, portrait, reapply, self esteem, teen, touched up
Posted July 15th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Asian, Attachment, Education, Identity, Mental Health, Pacific, Parenting
Tags: beauty, clear skin, compulsive, envied photo, eyes, Facebook, flattering, hair, improve, Instagram, mental illness, obsessive, outbursts, perfectionism, photo, Photoshop, pixel, rejection, self loathing, skin, white teeth
Posted July 11th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Clothing, Education, Health, Hygiene, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting
Tags: baby powder, bath, clothes, cracked skin, disgruntled, dry skin, hair, hurried, lotion, nurture, perfection, rejection, tummies
Posted July 9th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Age, Attachment, Health, Hygiene, Mental Health, New Orleans, Northern Europe, Parenting, Southern California
Tags: allergy, defeat, denial, desensitization, desert mold spores, doctors, environmental, illness, mold count, perfection, pollen, Santa Ana wind, scratch test, shots, sinuses, spores, tree pollen
Posted July 3rd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Health, Hygiene, Identity, Mental Health, Pain, Trauma
Tags: boils, chicken pox, contagious, facial, imperfection, lesions, marks, scalp, scar, tribal rites
Posted May 3rd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Identity, Parenting, Play
Tags: activity, alone, bathroom, Biological Children, caregiver, closeness in family, dating, food, fraternization, International Adoption, mom and child, nap, playmates, regimented schedule, siblings, structured day, toddler
Posted May 2nd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Asian, Attachment, Health, Northern Europe, Pain, Parenting, Trauma
Tags: allergy, boric acid rinse, cues to illness, ear ache, ear pressure, infection, middle ear infection, not feeling well, pull at ears, relief, ruptured ear drum, scream, skin rash