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Is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome an Economic Problem?

Is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome an Economic Problem?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome affects 1 or 2 out of every 1000 births and it’s a completely preventable disorder. But, with the United States in one of the worst recessions in history, more and more people have been turning to drinking to ease depression. Experts recognize losing a job as one of the...
March 10th, 2010 | Feature, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Issues, Russia | Read More

The Memory Keeper’s Son

The Memory Keeper’s Son
I just looked at my oldest child’s baby book for the first time since we finalized his adoption. I hadn’t really thought about looking at it – one of the kids just pulled it off the bookshelf and plopped it in my lap. As I sat there flipping the pages, I was flooded with memories...
March 8th, 2010 | Domestic, Feature, Foster Care | Read More

Sunday Showcase-Positive Stereotyping is Not Always Positive

Sunday Showcase-Positive Stereotyping is Not Always Positive
We missed our Sunday Showcase last week because of the Carnival. We’re back this week with a fabulous article from Uncharted Parent. She originally gave me this post,  How Much of Your Child’s Birth Culture Should You Incorporate into Your Home?, to showcase but after reading this one I couldn’t...
March 7th, 2010 | Culture, Korea, Sunday Showcase | Read More

Feature Writer: Judy

Feature Writer: Judy
Last month, I was interviewed for GIMH’s first “feature writer” post.  This month, I had the honor of interviewing one of my co-writers here at GIMH, Judy Miller of The International Mom.  Judy’s a gifted mom with a beautiful heart for encouraging and equipping other adoptive...
March 4th, 2010 | China, Feature, Guatemala, Interviews | Read More

My RAD Parenting Grab Bag (part 2)

My RAD Parenting Grab Bag (part 2)
Help support GIMH! Vote for our Room of Your Own at BlogHer! Log-in to BlogHer and then vote as an attendee. More of my ideas and techniques are below, continued from part one (don’t miss it…).  Same disclaimers apply:  I’m not an expert and these aren’t all my ‘original’...
March 2nd, 2010 | Attachment, Feature, Russia | Read More

Reactive Attachment Parenting Grab Bag (part 1)

Reactive Attachment Parenting Grab Bag (part 1)
My grab bag of RAD techniques Parenting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a struggle.  There are those saintly folks out there who can do it with grace and dignity and I am not one of them.  However, through many readings, daily research, an ear to listen to those who’ve gone before...
March 1st, 2010 | Attachment, Feature, Russia | Read More

Were they Orphans? Does it Really Matter Graff?

Save the Children and Unicef both believe that children are better off in their home countries. Save the Children has gone so far as to say that international adoption can actually  “exacerbate the problem it hopes to solve…the very existence of orphanages encourages poor parents to abandon...
February 25th, 2010 | Advocate, Domestic, Feature, Health | Read More

Kids and Culture: What’s Most Important?

Kids and Culture: What’s Most Important?
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...
February 24th, 2010 | Advocate, China, Culture, Haiti | Read More

Financing An Adoption

Financing An Adoption
A few months ago, I naively wrote a quick post about HelpUs Adopt.org. They were doing a fundraiser for their adoption grants, and wanted to get the word out about a bracelet that had been designed for the cause. I wasn’t expecting the response that short post got. It seems that in between the time...
February 23rd, 2010 | Domestic, Feature | Read More

The Genetics of Adoption

The Genetics of Adoption
This morning I completed my first round of genetic testing, an intensely painful endometrial biopsy. On Monday I have an ultrasound and on Friday I see a geneticist – my mother beside me to help answer questions about my own family history. Why all this? I am lucky enough to have a brilliant OBGYN...
February 15th, 2010 | Adoptee Rights, Feature, Guatemala, Issues, Russia | Read More
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