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We adoptive parents must know that in many (if not most) cases, other options for our children and their families might have existed—like financial support, kinship adoption, respite care, legislative changes. As my mom learned, though, birthmothers are so often demonizes and then left out of the decision-making process. What does that mean for them?… Continue Reading
Chances are good that you know a person parenting a child who has been through tremendous or ongoing trauma (You can read SAMHSA’s “Types of Trauma” here). Perhaps your delightful playdate pal becomes embroiled in a nasty divorce and you discover their relationship was fraught with abuse. Maybe your favorite “ladies night out” girlfriend adopts a… Continue Reading
The holidays can be emotionally loaded for anyone. They are often especially confusing and challenging for adopted children and adults who were adopted. When my family is out and about around the holidays, we often get the head-cocked, lips pressed together in a slight smile, starry-eyed stare that says the very sight of our transracial family has given… Continue Reading
All white parents adopting children of color should know of the big, damaging mistakes we stand to make. But what about the seemingly minor mistakes?… Continue Reading
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