June 30, 2017

Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week

Happy Friday!

Whew! We’re so glad it’s here. Are you?

In our off moments this week, we’ve compiled some of our favorite adoption and parenting reads to share with you. We hope you enjoy!

A Sikh couple was barred from adopting a white child, after an agency cited “cultural heritage” as the reason.

Writers looking for forever homes: adoption listings. “Richard is a feral writer who has garnered interest from literary agents, but he lacks the perseverance to finish reading a novel, let alone to write one of his own. When Richard is not working on first chapters, he sporadically attends a meditation group where he is known as “the weeper,” hangs out with one of his two ex-girlfriends, and shoplifts ramen noodles from his local Walgreens.”

Adoption means learning to love a stranger.

California blocks state-funded travel to Texas over an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill.

Adoptions are down in the US. Are stereotypes and discrimination to blame?

A birth mother muses on her adoption, five years post-placement.

Sweet printables that allow kids to sketch out their own summer plans!

15 lovely children’s books, covering topics from being a good friend, to funny animals and solving your goals.

How do you make birth control accessible to your kids without giving them a license to have sex?