Sheryl Smith
https://www.goodreads.com/proudguatemama
The adopted sons and daughters, now in their thirties, were on average doing well, but the biological children had done better.
only children have more pressure to conform and please parents. my boys found it easier to individuate and become themselves without our 24/7 supervision. Isabel required more care, Dr appointments, therapy, and later school cooperation and tutoring. she felt the only child scrutiny intensified by her complex needs.
“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”
― The Way of Chuang Tzu
― The Way of Chuang Tzu
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Books on Central American countries. Any literature on Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama is most welcomed i ...more
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