Building emotional vocabulary helps adopted children identify, express, and manage feelings, creating a foundation for healing and secure attachment.

Adoptive parents can experience secondary trauma from supporting children with trauma histories, and recognizing the signs is the first step toward healing.

Forming a secure, trusting relationship is a journey for every parent and child, but in adoptive families, this journey comes with unique challenges and beautiful, hard-won milestones. Understanding attachment milestones can offer insight, patience, and encouragement to adoptive parents navigating this path.