Summary When we think of adoption, we usually think of anxious couples looking near and far for a suitable newborn, but not all adoptions involve babies. In fact, every year thousands of couples adopt older children. For these new parents, this means adjusting to a child who's had a life - and a whole set of experiences - before they meeting their family. For the child, it means two brand new people are 'mom' and 'dad'. In this week's Feature, we'll hear from a grown woman who was adopted as a 3 year old, 11 year old Amanda who was adopted at 8, and from child experts on the joys and frustrations of adopting older children. Reality Check Mom Christine Diakos is somewhat alarmed when her 4 year old, Isabella, claims to have a boyfriend. How to: Pack Your Kid's Lunch In this week's How To, The Globe and Mail's Food Editor Lucy Waverman says 'let's do lunch' - and shares some fun and easy lunch bag tips. Video Diary: Yoga Family Yoga is a 5000 year old physical and spiritual tradition that has recently made huge gains in mainstream popularity. Temmi Ungerman-Sears runs a parent/child yoga studio out of her house where she lives with her husband and three kids. We gave her family a video camera for this look at how they practice what they preach... sort of.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Kate Tavender Monica Kim
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Aug 31, 2004
Countries of origin : Canada
Language : English
Production companies : Telefactory
Summary When we think of adoption, we usually think of anxious couples looking near and far for a suitable newborn, but not all adoptions involve babies. In fact, every year thousands of couples adopt older children. For these new parents, this means adjusting to a child who's had a life - and a whole set of experiences - before they meeting their family. For the child, it means two brand new people are 'mom' and 'dad'. In this week's Feature, we'll hear from a grown woman who was adopted as a 3 year old, 11 year old Amanda who was adopted at 8, and from child experts on the joys and frustrations of adopting older children. Reality Check Mom Christine Diakos is somewhat alarmed when her 4 year old, Isabella, claims to have a boyfriend. How to: Pack Your Kid's Lunch In this week's How To, The Globe and Mail's Food Editor Lucy Waverman says 'let's do lunch' - and shares some fun and easy lunch bag tips. Video Diary: Yoga Family Yoga is a 5000 year old physical and spiritual tradition that has recently made huge gains in mainstream popularity. Temmi Ungerman-Sears runs a parent/child yoga studio out of her house where she lives with her husband and three kids. We gave her family a video camera for this look at how they practice what they preach... sort of.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Aug 31, 2004
Countries of origin : Canada
Language : English
Production companies : Telefactory