July 28, 2014

Adoption News Roundup

Here are some of the adoption links that caught our eye on the internet this week…

This mother — who adopted her daughter Phoebe from Korea — pens a wonderful response to people who ask her about her child’s “real” mother. She argues that at the very least, these words need to apply to both the birth and adoptive parents, and not just one or the other. We’re always interested to see how parents handle this situation, because it comes up often and frustrates many. Have you ever been caught up in the “real”/”natural” mother debate? How do you address people who ask about your child’s “real” parents?

Foster youth are especially vulnerable to identity theft, because they are often moved from home to home, giving a variety of different people their personal information. Foster children already often live in a tenuous state, to have to worry about their identity being stolen by people who they should be able to trust is a devastating reality of an already difficult situation. NBC News did an excellent report on this issue, and this is definitely one to be read and passed along, because it’s something we should all be paying attention to. If you have a foster child in your life, try to educate them about safety precautions against identity theft…awareness is key and any information we can spread makes a huge difference.

This adoptive mother shares why she’ll never tell her daughter that she was “born from her heart.” She advocates for facts over euphemism and metaphor. What do you think? How have you handled sharing your child’s origin story?

Do you know how to protect your baby from the summer heat? There’s nothing sadder than seeing a miserable baby in a stroller, clearly overheated. Parents magazine has some great tips for keeping your little one cool and safe.

Are you in an open adoption plan? We understand that trust can be difficult and that building that relationship takes time. Adoption.come shares some wonderful tips for growing your relationship with your birth mother and establishing the trust you both need to ensure that you are able to develop a positive, healthy connection.