Kristen Howerton is the author of an amazing parenting/adoption blog called Rage Against the Minivan. She’s also a professor of psychology at Vanguard University, and the mother of four beautiful children, two of which are born “the old fashioned way” and two of which are adopted. She recently gave a TED talk, and if you […]
Read MoreHappy Photo Friday from Corbin, who is the sweet little boy in this photo doctoring a hurt deer. How cute is that? We’re from Iowa, so we’ve been around plenty of deer, but never this close! Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. Take photos for us and send them in – we love seeing what you […]
Read MoreHere’s a roundup of interesting adoption news from this week, from the “giving up” vs. “placing” debate, to Russian’s ban of foreign gay adoptions and an adorable retrospective of the depiction of transracial adoption in TV and film. “Giving up” vs. “Placing” for adoption – this debate is long-going, and the idea of speaking about […]
Read MoreReunions can be a tricky situation to navigate. Sometimes the birth parents want it while the adoptee doesn’t, or vice versa. But in the case of Amy Roberson and Will Russell, both are so glad to have found one another. After Amy called her father, asking to meet, the two discovered they had both been […]
Read MoreIn this photo, Miss Graysanne is doing exactly what we’re looking forward to this weekend: hanging out with Dad, and eating ice cream. We hope you have a wonderful weekend, and lots of love to all the fathers out there celebrating Father’s Day! Often times in adoption we focus on the mothers, but the fathers deserve […]
Read MoreBeing a parent is about more than just the here and now. It exceeds what to eat for breakfast, making sure homework is done or driving your kids to an after-school rehearsal or practice. The mother of our niece’s boyfriend tells her son that it was her job to teach him how to fly. That […]
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