Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week

June 29, 2018

Friday, you’re here again. And we’re very happy to see you! There are so many great things about this week’s roundup — inspirational stories blended with essential discussions about LGTBQ adoption, labeling kids with special needs, talking to children about school shootings, and much more. Including the story of a woman who scoured the country […]

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It’s Important To Answer Your Child’s Hard Questions With Honesty

June 27, 2018

When you a parent through adoption, all sorts of hard questions come up. Questions about why they were adopted, or why their birth parents couldn’t raise them on their own. This is even more challenging when your child comes from trauma — perhaps drug exposure in utero, or a painful experience that happened at a […]

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Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week

June 22, 2018

Happy Friday, dear ones. It’s been a week, that’s for sure. But here we are, standing upright (hopefully) and ready for the weekend. We’ve got an excellent roundup for features for you today, covering everything from building the child-parent bond, our country’s epidemic of 61,000 missing foster children, why adoption needs community before education, and […]

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Life Lessons Adoption Gives Us

June 20, 2018

One of our favorite things about adoption is that it teaches so many life lessons. Every aspect of the adoption process provides valuable experiences regarding family, diversity, selflessness, courage, bravery, compassion, and empathy that will continue to inform and enlighten you throughout your life. Once you’ve been through an adoption process, it’s impossible to see […]

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Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week

June 15, 2018

Hi there! Happy Friday! It’s Father’s Day weekend, and like with Mother’s Day weekend, it’s usually a celebration that people really look forward to or have some sadness about. Wherever you fall on that spectrum, our thoughts are with you and we hope you’re able to make it exactly what you need. Fathers don’t get […]

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Getting Through Your Summertime Adoption Wait

June 13, 2018

Summer is a tough time to endure the adoption wait. Kids are out of school, families are going on vacation. It’s a time when families come together to do fun things and it can be heart-wrenching to see everyone doing all the things you wish you could do. It’s okay to feel bummed out. But […]

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