July 30, 2015

Adoption News Roundup

Here’s a look at the articles and stories that have made our reading list this week:

For anyone who has ever doubted that you can’t immediately fall in love with a child you’ve adopted as much as a biological child…let these photos be a lesson for you.

How often do we think or write about the opinions, thoughts and feelings of birth grandparents? Thank you, Adoptive Families, for sharing this important perspective.

Two mothers join together in their own unique journey through motherhood. “I follow her blog. She follows mine. We follow each other on Twitter. We are Facebook friends. Our relationship is complex. She is American. I am Indian. She is Christian. I am Hindu. She eats meat. I do not. She lives in the Southwest. I live in the Northeast. Neither friends nor immediate family, we are linked by our children. She gave birth to them. I raise them.”

A very important podcast discusses healing from grief and trauma in adoption. It’s okay, and so necessary, to acknowledge that such emotions exist.

We should all be focused on raising our young women to be smart, independent, confident leaders. How do you embrace these tips in your own family life?

After your adoption, did you find that for some reason or another, your expectations weren’t quite met? Perhaps they were too high, or maybe things just turned out differently than you thought they might? “As parents, of course, we feel an obligation to impart our values to our children. Those values are tightly wound up in our worldviews. Some adoptive parents believe so strongly in the power of nurture over nature that we become overly attached to the idea of environmental influence, that we believe our children will be “like us” in ways that have nothing to do with inherent abilities and traits.”

Love this list of songs inspired by “the wait.”

Another big thanks to Adoptive Families for this fabulous article on how to raise awareness for adoption in your child’s classroom. Not only will these tips leave you more involved in your child’s school and educational awareness, but it will bring a much broader awareness of what adoption means to students and teachers alike.