Adoption Archive
In today’s world, many people still believe the best way to incorporate cultural and racial differences is to ignore that they even exist — a misguided attempt to be a colorblind society. The reality is that color isn’t ignored. We …
How many adoptive parents, like me, have been told what heroes we are and how selfless we were to have adopted an orphaned child? How many of these same (well meaning) people have told us how lucky our children are …
Healing attachment disorders is a popular topic in foster care. My workshops on the subject have been well attended. Why does foster care produce so many attachment disorders in the first place? A more important focus would concern ways to …
Parenting Techniques for Traumatized KidsBrooke Cone, adoptive and foster parent Voice of a Foster ParentMany a good parent has entered the world of foster care and adoption, only to be blindsided by the complete ineffectiveness of many of their go-to …
No one disputes that children have the need for and the right to a permanent home. When safety can be assured, the birth family is the first choice. This includes the extended family of capable blood relatives. The needs of …
It is National Adoption Month, and I’m remembering the four adoptions that I oversaw in my five years as a foster care social worker. These were among the happiest occasions in my child welfare career. What could be better than …
Nearly 170 foster children were adopted Friday during the National Adoption Day event at the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park just east of Los Angeles. This marks the 16th time the court has taken part in the …
The questions and comments around love are piling up in my inbox faster than my brain can process, so I’m just going to keep typing at the pace my fingers will allow and hope that eventually I end up writing my …
How the System Must Preserve a Foster Youths’ Belonging-nessJim RobertsNovember is National Adoption Month--a time to celebrate parentless children being assimilated into families. Much has been written as to how wonderful this is for kids and why it is the …
Via freedigitalphotos.net By Elizabeth Yuko, Ph.D. This week Intel announced new job benefit policies that include tripling their adoption assistance program, and quadrupling their fertility coverage, noting, “family is family – no matter what it looks like.” This comes after …
