What Is a Safety Plan and When Do I Need One for My Family?
Wednesday October 31, 2007
The need for a safety plan can occur at any time for a foster or adoptive family. We have used safety plans within our foster home and recently again ... Read More
November Is National Adoption Month
Monday October 29, 2007
National Adoption Month celebrates adoption with a strong emphasis on adoption from the foster care system as there are 114,000 children waiting in the foster care system for a ... Read More
Have fun with a craft project this weekend!
Friday October 26, 2007
The weather is getting chillier, so stay in this weekend and create a fun holiday gift for a loved one. Cute little keepsakes that birth family in a foster ... Read More
An Awesome Read!
Tuesday October 23, 2007
I just ran across an essay in Mother Jones Magazine. I am completely in awe at how smart, honest, and real author Elizabeth Larsen is regarding the subject of ... Read More
Adoption Poems by Adoptees
Sunday October 21, 2007
Thought I'd take a minute to highlight two new adoption poems that came to my inbox recently. One of them happens to be by a very young adoptee - ... Read More
4 Tips to Stop Bullying and Bias Before it Happens
Tuesday October 16, 2007
Deb Capone, guest author, brings us a great article featuring tips on how to stop bullying. Bullying is an adoption and foster care issue due to the fact that experts ... Read More
The First Few Weeks Home
Saturday October 13, 2007
One of the most often asked questions I get hit with after teaching a new batch of foster and adoptive parents is, "What about those first few days in our ... Read More
Hollywood Adoption Updates
Wednesday October 10, 2007
Just to keep us all up to date:
According to recent news reports, Madonna was told by the uncle of little Mercy Jane, another Malawian child that she was interested in ... Read More
Halloween for First Time Foster/Adoptive Parents and Kids
Monday October 8, 2007
I'm probably going to be the Halloween party parent for either my foster son's class or my daughter's class this year. Again. I've been trying to figure out ... Read More
Plan Calls for Guatemalan Adoptions to Be Suspended Come 2008
Tuesday October 2, 2007
A plan was announced recently that would call for all intercountry adoptions between Guatemala and the U.S. to be suspended on January 1, 2008. This is due to ... Read More