Posted October 7th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, dance, Education, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: alter ego, conference, demure, following rules, hide true self, Parenting, public tantrum, screaming tyrant, split personality, tantrum, WWII trauma
Posted October 5th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Education, Identity, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Tags: adoption trauma, Birth Mother, displeasing teacher, fail school, fear of rejection, new school, tween, US schools
Posted October 2nd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Education, Identity, Northern Europe, Parenting, Southern California
Tags: bilingual, differing school systems, English, kindergarten, mother tongue, older siblings, pre K, Scandinavian, school, school bus, siblings, three Rs
Posted October 1st, 2013 by Miche
Posted September 10th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Age, Food, Health, Hygiene, Identity, Mental Health, Pain, Parenting, Safety
Tags: chemical, Health, obsessive, OCD, painful, photograph, photos, professional strength, sensitive to hot and cold, snow, teeth, tooth ache, whitening, yellowing
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 17th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Asian, Hygiene, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting
Tags: blemishes, cleanser, cover up, elementary school, eye liner, eyebrows, foundation, high school, junior high, makeup, pencil, perfection, stage makeup, tweezers
Posted July 16th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Asian, Holidays, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting
Tags: Asian, black eyes, colored contacts, comparisons, dark hair, Envy, gills, go green, green, hair, hair color, Irish, monster, Never Satisfied, ombre, Photoshop
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