Adoption is filled with fantasies. Birth mothers fantasize about a better life for her child. Adoptive parents fantasize about what it will be like to become parents. Adoptees often fantasize about the life they’re not living — one that includes their birth family and an alternate reality in which they were not, in fact, adopted. […]
Read MoreFriday, 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 […]
Read MoreWhen 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 […]
Read MoreHappy 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 […]
Read MoreOne 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 […]
Read MoreHi 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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