November 18, 2017
Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week
Happy Saturday! Can you believe next week is Thanksgiving? November has absolutely flown by, and now the holidays are here and the end-of-year madness begins.
So let’s read some great things about adoption, shall we? Here are our some of our favorite pieces of the week. We hope you enjoy!
Love these excellent resources for learning more about how to build a family through adoption. They offer vital information and tons of support.
How prospective parents can support a woman with an adoption plan. “After outlining an adoption plan for their baby, many expectant parents begin to experience a sense of grief, of loss, that will only become more intense after placement has been finalized. These feelings of loss, along with the actual loss by which they are roused, shouldn’t be ignored. Instead, they should be acknowledged and honored.”
This woman wrote a beautiful letter to her pre-birthmother self. “You’ll find yourself searching for meaning, purpose, strength, and connection. The great news; you get to choose: You can either let the weight swallow you up or become someone your baby will be proud of.”
“Dear adoption, I am finally able to face you — the real you, the darker you.”
A great offering for National Adoption Month: 7 ways to be supportive of a foster mom.
What do hairstyles have to do with adoption?
How to step up and promote adoption. This article has some excellent thoughts on how to make adoption more available to prospective parents. “After an outcry, Senate Republicans agree to keep the tax credit. But that shouldn’t be the end of the conversation. The unforced error can have a silver lining if it gets the political class talking all the ways the adoption process in the US can and should be improved.”
Love this emotional reunion after a woman met her birthmother 30 years after being placed for adoption!
And this mother and son met 44 years after placement!
Fascinated by this article, which discusses six ways nature can reduce the violence in our world. It was written by a man who has penned multiple books about how to give children a stronger connection to nature, and offers beautiful and peaceful approaches to achieving more happiness and more satisfying mental health.