October 21, 2016

Adoption News Roundup

Happy Friday, friends! Always a welcome day of the week.

Relax and enjoy yourselves and your family this weekend. Below are a few interesting links to read, inspire, and entertain.

Why it is great to have friends who are remarkably average parents.

This hilarious father shares the lies he’s told to his children to get them to eat new food. “Me: Want to know what happened to your older sister who wouldn’t eat her peas? Norah: I don’t have an older sister. Me: Exactly.”

Are you someone guided by a particular faith? These adoptive parents share how their faith empowered their adoption journey.

In love with this little girl, and her fabulous school picture day outfit.

An awesome ABC lineup of family-friendly Halloween movies! Don’t forget to pop the popcorn.

A mother’s thoughts on raising a boy today. “Because all of a sudden ― after 51 years on earth where I’ve assumed that this goes without saying ― disrespect, crudity and even violence against women in particular ― is being normalized. And I cannot let my son, my boy whom I love with all my heart, even consider the idea that this behavior is normal. That all guys do this.”

This sweet dinner ritual is sure to spark conversation with your little ones.

Is your child struggling with reading? Here are some ways you can help.