October 05, 2018
Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week
Happy Friday!
How are you doing? How’s October feeling so far?
We’re going to relax this weekend, get some outdoor time, and soak up the fresh air. We hope you get to enjoy some of the same.
Below are some of our favorite reads of the week. Enjoy!
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Every child deserves a family, no matter where they were born.
Heartbreaking. Because of a devastating loophole, his judge’s ruling may force a young adopted woman to return to South Korea. “Schreiber’s [army] service the following year in Afghanistan caused the couple to put off Hyebin’s Schreiber’s legal adoption until she was 17. An adoption lawyer had advised that, under Kansas law, that was OK as the cutoff date to complete the process was Hyebin’s 18th birthday. But under immigration law, foreign-born children must be adopted before reaching 16 to derive citizenship from their American parents.”
When this NFL coach went in search of a family, he found them where he least expected.
A beautiful new memoir explores the painful and poignant sides of adoption, including what it means to be adopted, to be a different race from the family you grew up in, and then to begin a family of your own.
Can child adopted by a royal become a member of the royal family?
This Sunday, October 7, Iowans will celebrate their 5th annual Gingerbread Run/Walk for adoption! (We’re biased and excited, because this is in our home state.) “‘The deeper meaning behind the event at the beginning was to start the conversation about adoption and to educate the public,’ said Diana Lang Baltimore, president and founder of Iowans for Adoption. ‘That had then morphed in to educating the public about the numbers of children placed in the foster care system, as well as change policy.’”
Congress turns back an anti-LGBTQ amendment.
We cannot wait to see this movie!
Maryland is making waves in adoption rights with a new policy that gives government workers 90 days of parental leave after adopting. Better yet, they don’t have to be used consecutively, and can be used anytime within the first six months post-adoption.
The emotional adoption day video brings the tears.