c7060

Child's name: Seth
Birthdate: 7/98
Number: C7060
State: Idaho
Listed: June 2008, Updated 9/08

Idaho Wednesday's Child/SNAPS profile for Seth

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SETH (7/98) is a handsome boy with blond hair, blue eyes and a slender athletic build. He describes himself as friendly and nice, and adults who know him add that he is also polite and talkative. With his good sense of curiosity about the world around him and enjoyment of various activities, there are many areas of interest for his new adoptive parent(s) to encourage him to participate and to enjoy with him. Seth has a natural sense of athleticism about him. He likes to be physically active and enjoys sports. The picture on this page shows Seth proudly holding two trophies he won for running track. Another area of interest is reading. He especially likes fantasy books, like the Eragon series, which allow him an imaginative escape from his day-to-day life. Seth is interested, too, in learning more about Alaska, a place he visited not too long ago. Art is a favorite subject for Seth in school, and drawing is not only one of his favorite pastimes, but it could also become a therapeutic tool for him as he works through his issues of grief, loss, and abandonment, which are very near the surface these days. Watching movies, playing board and video games, skate boarding, boating, and collecting Yu-Gi-Oh cards are some of the ways Seth likes to spend his time. For the school year 2008-2009, Seth will be in fourth grade. While he tends to perform well academically in testing, Seth needs to have parental oversight and encouragement on the home front to do his homework. Seth is definitely bright and can carry-on a great conversation!

In a matter of four years, Seth has been confronted with multiple losses and separations. This time, however, the loss includes the loss of contact (at least for now) with his younger brother. Seth is going to need to have therapeutic support in place soon to help him sort through and deal with his feelings of grief, loss, sadness, anger, and abandonment. The early years of Seth’s life are just now beginning to be illuminated, and his parent(s) will need to be willing to tenderly hear his memories.

There are some different parenting tactics that have proved to work pretty well with Seth. Seth reports that he has a hard time listening when he is in trouble, so one strategy that has proven to work well is to engage Seth in eye contact and to use redirection. Very clear consequences, expectations and boundaries help lessen Seth’s feeling of anxiety. Seth’s attachment seems to be at a younger level, so sometimes his expressions of affection seem much younger than his chronological age. He definitely seems to soak up praise, encouragement and gentle demonstrations of nurturing!

Seth’s worker would like to hear from two parent families who have no children at home or who have children much older than Seth. Seth would like to have a family where the parents are kind, calm, and patient and don’t have to resort to yelling, where he could have older brothers and sisters, and where he could live in at least a semi-rural area. Seth says he would really likes pets including a cat and maybe a wolf (don’t worry, we know the wolf isn’t a likely family pet). Seth’s worker emphasizes that he really needs to be the youngest child in his new family. It would also be an act of love and commitment for his adoptive parent(s) to participate with Seth in family therapy during his transition into their home and, perhaps, for some time thereafter. Seth wants to belong and be a part of family!

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