October 13, 2018

Adoption and Parenting News Roundup

Happy Saturday, friends!

It’s been a long couple weeks in the world, and that can be draining. It’s a good time to remember the power of friends, family, and loved ones, and to wrap yourself in them as much as possible. Small joys can have a massive impact on your day, so don’t underestimate the effects of a little self-care and self-love.

In the meantime, enjoy our favorite reads of the week. 🙂

Have a wonderful weekend, and we’ll see you next week.

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Excellent tips: how to prepare to bring your baby home.

Birth parents are as nervous as you when meeting for the first time, if not more. Here are some things to keep in mind so your time together goes as smoothly, and respectfully, as possible.

This 13-minute film is a heartbreaker, but so important. Watch and learn as a little girl is taken from her abusive home and put into the foster care system.

Love these great YouTube resources for birth mothers. Also very helpful insight for individuals looking to adopt.

This mom says adopting from foster care isn’t as scary as you’d think.

The fraught language of adoption. “A conversation with the writer Nicole Chung on a complicated question for adopted people: Who are my ‘real parents’?”

We love the New York Times’s guide to being a modern parent.

Adopted children will always have a first family, but the question many parents grapple with is, “will visiting with birth parents, or having a relationship with them, hurt my child in the long run?” Confessions Of An Adoptive Parent tackles this, and unfair birth parent stigmas, in their newest podcast episode.

You never know what is swimming in the murky waters of miscarriage.

So lovely: how to raise a creative kid.