Adoption Parenting

Talking About Adoption….. How We Incorporate Birth Culture Into Our Family Life

March 9, 2011

One of the many things that adoptive parents can learn from the now-adult voices of the Korean adoptees who were raised in a Western culture by Caucasian parents, is the importance of recognizing and valuing an adopted child’s birth culture. Back in the 1970′s when many of these Korean-born children were brought into the United [...]

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Talking About Adoption….. The Tweitmeyer Family

March 8, 2011

In the middle of folding 11 loads of laundry yesterday, I turned on the Today Show for a few moments… just to see what was happening in the world. And I fortunate to catch this fantastic story by Jenna Bush Haggar about the Twietmeyer family…. who have 13 children, six of whom they adopted from [...]

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Oversharing a Child’s Story….

December 3, 2010

I came across this story a few weeks ago, on one of my favorite parenting blogs called Motherlode. It is hosted by the NY Times, and features Lisa Belkin as a contributing writer. Lisa pulls topics from current news stories , the latest books and studies, as well as from her own experiences as a [...]

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Things that I wish people didn’t feel compelled to ask….in public…. when I am out and about with my kids…

December 2, 2010

Okay people of the world….. why is it okay to for you to comment on my family when we are out together having dinner or running errands? I mean, we are a large group, and we don’t all look exactly like one another- so I get that you notice…. but why do you feel compelled [...]

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Is parenting an adopted child the same or different than parenting a biological child?

December 1, 2010

Such a complicated question…… because in many ways- it is very much the same thing. All kids need structure, routine, rules, limits, rewards and consequences. And love and hugs and kisses and cuddles. And yummy food, and cool clothes, and toothbrushes, and clean sheets on their bed… and an IPod touch (oops- sorry, that is [...]

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Explaining your adoption plans to family and friends…

November 30, 2010

Once Steve and I made the decision to grow our family through adoption, we started the process of interviewing agencies and exploring the options available to us. And we came to the decision that we wanted to adopt our children from China. Now imagine, we are parents to three children, ages 4, 3, and 2, [...]

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Why We Chose to Adopt…

November 29, 2010

November has been declared National Adoption Month, and although this month has almost slipped away, I didn’t want to miss this opportunity to hold a discussion on adoption. Obviously we are an adoptive family, we can even be referred to a “conspicuous” adoptive family because it is visually apparent to others that not all of [...]

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Future posts on adoption and parenting an adopted child

September 22, 2010

Steve and I chose to grow our family through international adoption, and because of that opportunity, we are lucky and privileged to be raising three more wonderful children. When we started the adoption process, the equation seemed very simple to us- we were a loving family with room in our home and hearts for more [...]

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