September 24, 2015

Adoption News Roundup

Here’s a look at the articles we’ve been reading this week:

Thank you to HuffPost Parents for posting this roundup of hilarious tweets sent by moms and dads last week. Not only will you laugh your head off, there’s a lot of satisfaction in knowing that so many other people have kids who violently hate brushing their teeth as much as yours.

“Depression is like a body with the flu.” A very powerful essay on what it’s actually like to live with clinical depression.

This awesome young woman went from foster care to Harvard. It is amazing how the power of support can bolster a child. Imagine what the world’s young minds could accomplish if EVERY one of them felt loved and empowered to chase their dreams?

Five ways we can all help at-risk youth graduate from high school.

Guess what? Our babies are driven by a surprising amount of logic, learned and executed even before they know how to talk.

Adoption-related suicide is a real, scary thing. Adopted people, in fact, are four times more likely to commit suicide than non-adopted individuals. So how do we help prevent this from happening?

How your child views their adoption is going to shift through their lifetime, based on their age, their maturity level, and what types of experiences they have. It’s important for parents to know how to tap into that shifting reality, and relate and dialogue with their children in the way that most impacts, respects, and taps into their point of view.

“Dear mom of an adopted child.” Wow. If only everyone so gracefully understood what it means to be an adoptive parent.

Should your internationally-adopted child have a certificate of citizenship?