If you’ve followed international news from China in the last year, you’ve probably heard of the baby hatch. These small buildings, transla...
Read MoreIf you’ve followed international news from China in the last year, you’ve probably heard of the baby hatch. These small buildings, transla...
Read MoreTalking about adoption with your family can be difficult. Where do you even begin the conversation? Sometimes reading about other people’s exper...
Read MoreMost adoptive families experience sleep issues after coming home. Often, these problems come as a surprise to a family who saw their new son or d...
Read MoreWhen people ask me if I have any advice about adoption, the first thing my experience tells me to say is, “Expect the unexpected.” I was t...
Read MoreGo to the movies, turn on the television, and more likely than not the adoption story will go something like this: a sudden desire to expand your fami...
Read MoreJo’burg Child Welfare (JCW) is a highly respected, 100+ year old NGO that does amazing work on behalf of the vulnerable children in Johannesburg...
Read MoreTaking root about 15 years ago, a “Gotcha Day” is the day on which an adopted child joined your family. Celebrated like a birthday or fami...
Read More“Positive racial identity depends on our ability to identify fully with our ethnic roots, yet remain confident that race or ethnicity does not l...
Read MoreThey came to this country 15 years ago as toddlers, understanding two languages, neither of which was English. Their new parents decided to keep the c...
Read MorePerhaps none of the titles I've shared does that so well as Rachel Isadora's version of the Clement C. Moore poem, The Night Before Christmas. As she'...
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