Do you parent transracially? I do. And one of the most challenging things to do as a white mom is to help my kids see themselves for who they are as well as understand how …

Remember the story of The Ugly Duckling, in which a baby swan was hatched and raised by a duck? The mother duck could teach the ugly duckling everything there was to being a duck, but …

The last time I filled out a census, I had two children. Just.
I was ten years younger, void of gray hair, had wrinkles (although not so deeply embedded), and more than ten pounds lighter. I …

What if you couldn’t turn on the light, any light, not even a flashlight? What if you simply had no means of stretching across the span that separated you from what you desired? What if the person you wished to learn from couldn’t communicate?

The reaction and blaming regarding Torry Hansen’s decision to send her son back to his birth country of Russia by people inside and outside of the adoption community has prompted much ugliness. I’m not going …

I am passing the torch. Last month I was interviewed for the featured writer post. So, this month it is my turn to interview one of our writers. I had the honor to interview Marcie Pickelsimer—our spirited, …

My post this month was going to be about special needs, but I was invited to a screening of Like Dandelion Dust (PG13), the independent film based on the novel by Karen Kingsbury (which I haven’t …

Republished by Blog Post PromoterCelebrities like Madonna and Angelina and Brad have apparently caused a rise in the number of children in international orphanages. Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found the highest …

E.J. Graff states in yesterday’s New York Times article that “too often, the amounts of money that Western adoption agencies spend in poor countries is helping to defraud, coerce or kidnap children away from families that wanted to raise them to adulthood”.

Every year for Chinese New Year, our foster home celebrates the holiday by engaging in all the most common traditions – decorating the home with paper cuttings and chuen lian (door post hangings), lighting fire crackers, eating lots of oranges, making jiaozi (dumplings) and stuffing ourselves until we all want to nap. (Though the food is different, the actual cultural practice is similar to America’s Thanksgiving!)