September 22, 2017
Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week
Hello there! Can you believe September is almost over? We absolutely cannot. Let’s read some fabulous articles from around the internet to take our minds off things, eh?
Here are the ones that caught our eye this week…we hope you enjoy!
See you Monday :).
Are you struggling to get your child into an evening routine? This sweet activity either falls into the category of “way too much work,” or “cute, and my kid might enjoy this.” It’s creative enough to have caught our attention, so we thought we’d share.
Do you listen to the Honestly Adoption podcast? It’s one of our faves, and they just relaunched with a super informative new episode about handling the behaviors of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Why post-adoption support is just as vital as pre-adoption support.
The ACLU has filed a suit claiming that same-sex couples face bias in adoption.
The Sri Lankan government is launching an investigation into an alleged baby racket in the 1980s, where babies were reportedly taken from mothers and sold to foreigners. “In an interview for a television documentary, to be aired in the Netherlands on Wednesday, Senaratne acknowledged the existence of illegal ‘baby farms’ in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. Children were either bought or stolen before being sold to westerners for adoption, the programme makers allege.”
Israel has announced that they are changing their same-sex adoption law, and giving same-sex couples legal adoption rights.
Why “I’d get too attached to be a foster parent” is really the greatest excuse… “If being a foster parent sounds like it’s just setting yourself up for hurt . . . I want to challenge you. These children did not choose to be foster children. Their lives are completely up in the air, and are dependent on total strangers’ decisions. When you guard your heart so carefully that there is no room for them in it . . . They do not disappear. When you dismiss their plight with a wave of your hand and a quick excuse, they are still without a home.”