July 27, 2016
Let’s Hear It For The Dads!
We don’t always give enough shout-outs to the dads in our lives. A lot of attention is paid to mothers, but dads have quite a bit to say too! Here are some of our favorite pieces sharing valuable advice, poignant thoughts, experiences devastating, joyful, and sad, and helpful tips and tricks from dads representing all aspects of the adoption spectrum.
This dad shares 14 things he’s learned after caring for 14 (14!) babies.
This dad shares his six favorite experiences as an adoptive father. “For Amy and I, “The Call” came on Christmas morning 2009. It was about 10:26 am. We had just finished breakfast and were about to get ready to head over my brother’s to spend the holiday with my family. Then, the phone rang and we both sort of looked at each other with a combination of nervousness, sheer joy and delight, and maybe just a touch of anxiety-induced nausea. It was definitely our adoption agency and chances are they weren’t calling to wish us a Merry Christmas. Of course, the anxiety of this call was exacerbated by the fact that our daughter, Madeline wasn’t supposed to be born until three months later, but that’s a story for another time.”
Birth fathers: The Forgotten Half of the Story
Love this blog series about this man’s experience being an adoptive father.
More men are actually making the choice to adopt alone, a path that has traditionally been more commonly pursued by women.
Some honest, powerful stories from real-life birth fathers featured by the Adoption Connection.
This birth father shares his daughter’s birth story, and what it was like for him after she was placed for adoption.
It’s not only moms who stay at home! This stay-at-home adoptive dad shares his story.
Birth fathers have long struggled to have the same rights as birth mothers. This father desperately wanted to stop his daughter’s adoption and raise her himself. “In 1983, another Supreme Court case, Lehr v. Robertson, determined that it’s not biology alone that entitles fathers to rights. In that case, a biological father tried unsuccessfully to block his daughter’s adoption by her stepfather. The Court ruled against the biological father because he had not actively established himself in her life and that his reliance on the biological connection alone was insufficient reason to disrupt the adoption. This “biology plus” doctrine established an ethic of responsibility: Fathers have rights, but only if they are earned.”