Why would God “guide” some children to loving adoptive homes and other, equally innocent, children to abusive adoptive homes? Really, that seems pretty careless to be God’s doing. Wouldn’t you think He would do a better background check? He is omniscient, after all.

Back in 2008 when I wrote at A Child Chosen, I created a list that has since become one of my most popular posts.  The Best of the Best: Top 50 Adoption Blogs has continued …

Thousands of Adoptive Parents are NOT Acting in Best Interest of Children; Choosing Drugs over Kids shows recent vote in the U.S.
Parents allowing Marijuana to be more important than adopted children & won’t take 5 minutes to change history and be good parents. The national vote clearly shows that the idea to Legalize the Recreational Use of Marijuana is more Important than Adoptees!

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute just released the executive summary of its recent research study entitled Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption. I’m so excited to see this published study because, although the results aren’t really all that new if you already listen to the voices of adult adoptees, this study will reach a much wider audience of adoptive parents. And since they are the ones raising this next generation of adoptees, they are the ones most needing to hear the results.

As always I am behind in my reading on blogs, and sometimes I don’t pay enough attention when I am catching up but I saw on more than one blog mention of the …

Grown in My Heart began as a dream, a concept, a spark in my heart  about six months ago. What I, as a blogger, wanted to create was a network and a community wherein everyone …