If you have a friend or family member who's considering adoption or is in the adoption process, consider these tips to help you be the best pal on the planet.
Get excited! When making the big announcement, any mama--paper pregnant or...
What's the official definition for the nifty new term transracial?
(Muster up your best school teacher voice.) Transracial: across or crossing racial boundaries.
Sounds adventurous, doesn't it? (Oh, and it's an adjective if you're in to that kinda thing.) Transracial is also the...
All the struggles of the past year completely faded away as she handed me this little baby girl.
Our time with foster care taught us that agencies are not one-size-fits-all. Like any company, each agency has a culture, and each has strengths and weaknesses. Because your agency has the potential to make or break your overall experience, it is important to weigh the culture against criteria that are significant to you.
Unlike most children who grow up thumbing through hospital photos and hearing stories about the day they were born, many adoptees know very little, if anything, about their “beginning.”
However, I am one of the lucky ones. I have pieced...
My ideal open relationship some day in the future looks like birth parents (and even other siblings) coming to my home to share meals, celebrate birthdays and achievements, and mark special occasions. I would love them to occupy picture frames and photo albums around the house, to be regular faces during holidays, and guests at graduation.
What adoption myths still exist in American culture? Learn more about this evolving conversation by listening to this episode -- and sharing it with others.