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Each state has unique laws surrounding adoption. This is why it is imperative that you do research about adoption in your state when you are starting the process because someone else’s experience won’t be the same as yours, particularly if they are adopting outside of Wisconsin. Be sure to reach out to an adoption… (Read More)
Adoption Choice vs. National Agencies: Building Community for Adoptive Families Creating an adoption plan for both those seeking to be parents and those making an adoption plan for their child is hard, but agencies like Adoption Choice, Inc. make it easier, help build community, and can support your needs as you navigate this trying… (Read More)
If you are seeking to build your family through adoption or are contemplating creating an adoption plan for your child, you’ve likely had conversations with your family and friends. If you haven’t, you might want to so that you can have all of the support that you need as you go through what can be… (Read More)
If you are an educator, particularly one that works with younger students, it’s important to spend some time celebrating National Adoption Awareness Month and to remember that some things should be implemented in your processes and curriculum all the time. You are a critical person in your students’ lives in so many ways, so taking the time to support all of your students is important.
Adoption is a complicated and unique situation. There isn’t a “one size fits all” for how becoming a parent or making an adoption plan will be and because of this, anything and everything can happen. I know personally, that without a support system, my husband and I needed all the support we could get. No… (Read More)
Every Halloween, we know your family is probably thinking about what to dress up as this year. Unfortunately, many people inadvertently use this holiday to exploit or inappropriately represent another culture. What is Cultural Appropriation? In short, cultural appropriation is representing a culture that you aren’t affiliated with. Some examples would be to dress… (Read More)
Adoption is a complex process with feelings that can be unique situationally and some that are universal to the experience. Birth parents will feel any combination of feelings, but like any loss, they will likely go through not only the stages of grief, but also, suffer from other effects of trauma that may not… (Read More)
When my husband and I were adopting our daughter, school seemed far off, but even before we were placed with an infant, we had to think about what we would do when she was school aged as this was very important to birth parents. However, this is important to start to talk about when adopting… (Read More)
When you adopt a child, it is important that you work with a pediatrician, like any other parent, to schedule your child for their appointments and vaccinations. Though vaccination schedules may vary, as a parent by adoption, your social worker and/or adoption agency may remind you to do what is in the best interest of… (Read More)
Though it is in my opinion that every child should be talked to about racism, it can be increasingly more important to talk to adopted children–particularly those who are in a transracial family–about racism, and to keep the conversation going throughout their teen and early adult years. Not only does it help children to… (Read More)