September 30, 2016

Adoption News Roundup

Hello friends,

Happy Friday! We are very ready to begin the weekend, especially now that it’s practically October! What a fun, imaginative month. The entry into three months filled with holidays, Halloween, the true transition into fall. We’re ready.

Here are the reads that have caught our eye and sparked our thoughts this week. We hope you enjoy.

Question: should you intervene when a parent harshly disciplines their child in public? The New York Times posed this question after a woman in a grocery store called 911 on a man who had wrapped his daughters hair around the handle of the cart and was dragging her around the store this way. Pretty horrifying, no? The experts weigh on what to do if you see something similar. One compelling point that’s made…there was a time when parents felt more comfortable stepping in, helping each other out. The concept of “it takes a village” was regularly and openly enacted. Now, we’re terrified to intervene. What are the benefits vs. harmful effects of such a shift?

The power of a stranger’s kindness.

The people you need to ignore when trying to adopt.

Are you inadvertently raising an internet bully? A new study says that children mirror aggression they see in their homes by lashing out on the internet.

How parents use their phone…before and after kids.

“BEFORE KIDS: The worst thing you could imagine happening to your phone was dropping it in the toilet.

AFTER KIDS: You can’t even imagine the worst thing that could happen to your phone, but you know your child will come up with something soon enough.”

So, your kid found some internet porn. …Now what?

How to get back up after you’ve failed your kids. “Often times, we spend so much time avoiding, covering up, or trying to compensate that we let days, weeks, months or even years go by without speaking one word of forgiveness. If this is you, can I challenge you with something I’ve been challenged with? Never allow the space you share with your family to fill up with everything you haven’t said! I can’t say that enough. It’s a conviction I have everyday.”