Parenting classes 3 and 4

I forgot to update after our last two classes.

Class three we had two guest speakers - one talked about loss and grief in all parties involved in the adoption. However, she didn't tell us how to help A get over his sorrow. That was disappointing. The second speaker talked about development from birth to three. She talked about play and how electronic toys are stupid and you should only need balls and legos. She also said not to worry about teaching them to recite their alphabet or numbers before they even know what they mean. She basically told us, as parents, to relax and encourage your child but don't push them.

Class four had a speaker representing the Oneida Indian tribe and talked about the Indian Child Welfare Act. ICWA says that Indian children should be kept with Indian families, but if they are placed with nonIndian families, they should still try to preserve the child's culture by keeping them involved with the tribe. The other speaker couldn't make it so we just had a question period and we learned some about Wisconsin laws and the other details that you don't think of. We got out a little early, so that was nice.

Next week is our last class.

Tonight Brent and I watched a Dateline show about Russian adoption. I cried. I miss my son. :(