November 04, 2017

Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week

Happy Saturday, and happy day 4 of National Adoption Month! It is of course our favorite month of the year, and all throughout November we’ll be sharing loads of information about how you can get involved and help spread awareness. Thursday’s blog post is a great start!

Here are some of our favorite adoption and parenting reads of the week. So many interesting reads!

Take care and have a lovely weekend. We’re so grateful to have you as part of our community. <3

For the sixth straight year, the magnificent Carrie Goldman features 30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days on her blog Portrait of an Adoption. We’ll be sharing them throughout the month, and we highly encourage checking her blog out for yourself. The features beautiful stories that paint powerful portraits of the adoption experience. “I Am Wanted and Unwanted” is one of her newest, and it’s profoundly honest.

This piece shares vital perspectives from adoptees including what it feels like to be an adoptee during National Adoption Month. Notably, it discusses the frustrating things non-adoptees say to adoptees, including thoughts on how they should “feel” to be adopted. Powerful and important.

Why adoptee activists are reclaiming National Adoption Month.

Domestic adoption isn’t as scary or impossible as it may seem.

“I have a piece of my daughter in them, and they have a piece of her in me.”

7 ways to serve foster families this holiday season. A perfect mission for National Adoption Month! This piece offers incredibly helpful tips, including: “Support the entire family. Foster families are often strapped financially. The per-diem we receive (anywhere from $0 a day to $21 a day) is meant to pay for clothing, child care, food, bedding, school supplies, gas to get to and from endless appointments etc.) Buy a gift for each child, or gift cards so that foster parents can purchase needed items for all children.”

What every parent needs to know about protecting their child from cyber bullying. “Just as you have rules to protect your child’s physical safety, put guidelines in place for your child’s cyber world. Some rules should include cautioning your child about what they should and shouldn’t reveal online; keeping email and social media passwords private; hours when technology is off-limits, such as after 9:00 PM or during class; parental access to your child’s technology and accounts.”