Parenting Tips for Adoptive Parents of Adopted Children

Racism is an ugly thing. Though the U.S. has done a great job at eliminating slavery and ratifying the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and even tho

Have you ever been frantically looking for your phone with one hand only to realize you are holding it up to your ear with the other? Sometimes, I

The room was dark, the crowd was silent, and the only light shined brightly upon one man’s frame. He swayed back and forth, uttering a silent pra

As my long-time foster mentor says, attachment disorders are the least understood behavioral problem in the fostering and adoptive world. The const

When we began the adoption process, I was open to adopting any race of child. I was not naive to the fact that adopting outside of our race would p

The approach of summer brings a lot of hopes and adventures. However, it also brings a lot of chaos and fears. The end of spring welcomes in a time

The stepparent is a rapidly growing role in today’s society, one that has a great amount of influence on a child. Actually, a stepparent may even

*Pictured above: My daughter with her Super Beauty Doll* When we adopted our daughter, we loved her so much. It was hard to realize that when we ca

Being a foster parent is one of the hardest yet rewarding things I have ever chosen to do. I was so naive to the process. I seriously thought it wa

You may have heard folks in adoption circles say that adoption is rooted in loss. I prefer to say that adoption is joy and loss all tangled up toge

Novelist Paulo Coelho wrote, “Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything hap

When we started the adoption process, we were open to any race of child. We have friends and family who are adopted or have adopted outside of thei

Adoption has changed my life in more ways than just one. Yes, we became a family of three and I could not be happier about that. But we also gained

I am a part of various adoption groups on social media, and it is admittedly a little hard to stomach at times. Don’t get me wrong, I love adopti

He’s very quiet as he crawls silently towards the couch. My eyes are fixed on my computer, but I am aware of his presence in the corner of my eye

We’ve been talking about some of the common fears people have about being a foster parent. So far we’ve covered these topics: 1. Will I Have E