May 04, 2018

Adoption and Parenting Reads of the Week

Happy Friday!

And just like that, summer is here. Crazy isn’t it?

We’ve got an exceptional roundup of reads for you this week. Including pieces about an 85 year-old grandfather who’s put himself up for adoption, why Sandra Bullock thinks we need to stop saying “adopted children,” musings on the future of open adoption, and a must-read new book series for children.

Enjoy, share, read, learn — have a fabulous weekend!

The story isn’t over for your child.  “’Is this it?’ you wonder, in the murky midnight hour, as you stare at your ceiling fan spinning endlessly. ‘Is this the best it’s gonna get for him?’ You try to figure out where you went wrong, or what you could have done differently in the beginning. ‘Maybe I should have learned about trauma earlier?’ ‘Maybe I’m making it worse?’ ‘Will this be my child’s entire life?’ ‘Will our circumstance ever change?'”

This lonely, 85 year-old Chinese grandfather has put himself up for adoption. “‘Lonely old man in his 80s. Strong-bodied. Can shop, cook and take care of himself. No chronic illness. I retired from a scientific research institute in Tianjin, with a monthly pension of 6,000 RMB (£700) a month,’ he wrote. ‘I won’t go to a nursing home. My hope is that a kind-hearted person or family will adopt me, nourish me through old age and bury my body when I’m dead.’”

Sandra Bullock makes the emotional plea to stop saying “adopted children.”

This compelling new book explores the thorny world of interracial adoption.

26 celebrities who have adopted children.

This spring, state lawmakers across the US have been considering dozens of bills that would discriminate against LGBTQ adoptions.

Adoptions in the US: how many, how much, how long?

What does it mean to use ‘all five senses to calm down’?

What is the future of open adoption?

A new must-read book series for little ones!