Posted January 3rd, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Driving, Education, Parenting, Safety, Southern California, Uncategorized
Tags: 18th birthday, behind the wheel, brother, Dad, Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV, DMV line, driver's license, driving test, failure, gray hair, highway, instructor, license, Necessary Paperwork, Parents, permit, prepared, required hours, road test, rural route, self esteem, sibling, Sister, study guide, teen driver, test
Posted January 2nd, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Driving, Education, Parenting, Safety, Southern California, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: 15 year old driver, appointment, certificate, conflict, cost, Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV, driving, driving theory, due diligence, exam, freedom from parents, Homework, hullabaloo, learner's permit, next available, online instruction, passed test, permit test, right of passage, right to drive, school work, sixteen, sixteenth birthday, social network, teenage driver, telephone, timing
Posted June 26th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Marriage & Divorce, Mental Health, Pain, Parenting, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: circle dates, connection, conversation, date on calendar, divide and conquer, divorced adoptive parent, estranged mom, Facebook, family division, in the moment, inherent worth, memory, no contact, out of sight, priorities, prioritize, refused invitations, rejection, reminder, second abandonment, text message, unfreind
Posted June 25th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Education, Health, Northern Europe, Pain, Parenting, Safety, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: adoptive mom, biathlon, Biological Children, blame, bystander, collapse, college, competition, constant stress, ex-husband, marksmen, missed shots, money from wallet, moved away, nerves worn thin, new male relationship, olympian, on guard, panting, physical abuse, rages, rifle shooting, scapegoat, separated, skiing, target, teen, tween, uncontrollable tears, verbal abuse
Posted June 23rd, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Asian, Education, Identity, Language, Marriage & Divorce, Northern Europe, Parenting, Southern California, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: A, alienating teachers, Alma Mater, burning bridges, Central California, damage, elementary school, ending friendships, familiar environment, family stability, four year college, high school, junior high school, Master's Degree, Midwest, Montessori, parochial school, pre-kindergarten, private school, Public school, relationship, Scandinavia, school changes, stabile, university, unstable
Posted June 22nd, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Asian, Attachment, Greyhounds, Hygiene, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tags: adopted child, alpha dog, Biological Children, blonde, Cesar Milan, compliments, dental hygiene, Dog Whisperer, enamel imperfections, Envy, facial feature, finish line, greyhound racing, hair, hugs, imperfections, insults, love, natural instincts, nose, pack mentality, position, teeth
Posted June 21st, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Education, Language, Northern Europe, Parenting, Religion, Safety, Uncategorized
Tags: adopted child, bilingual, elementary school, English, French, Hungarian, ignore foreign language, learning new language, mastering new language, Polish, refusal to speak, Scandinavian, second language, Tamil, toddler, Vietnamese
Posted June 19th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Marriage & Divorce, Mental Health, Parenting, Safety, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: cornered, cornered and alone, custody, early trauma, entitled, entitlement, escalated state, fight or flight, freeze response, hunter, Most Dangerous Game, moving, never in car alone, prey, projectiles in car, Ptsd, retreat to safety, seldom at home alone, separated, stalking, unable to live alone with child
Posted June 17th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Asian, Attachment, Clothing, Education, Mental Health, Parenting, Religion, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: D.A.R.E., Embarrassment, focus, high school awards, interrogated friends, Jewish friend, junior high award, little, liturgical dance, M.V.P., multi-task, Ptsd, racist, School events, siblings, Speedo ogling, younger sibling
Posted June 15th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Addiction, Age, Driving, Education, Identity, Parenting, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: cell phone, disagreements, doctors, entitlement, Facebook, ignores others, obsessed, obsessive compulsive, peer relations, sleep habits, tantrums, unsafe home
