Birth Parent Support Group Invitation
Birth Parent Support Group Monday, November 9th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Location: LSS OFFICE 647 W. Virginia St. Milwaukee *** Please join them for a chance to meet other birth parents Enjoy a safe place to share your story Gain support and encouragement! Please RSVP to Carrie by 11/6/15 @ 414-539-5425 carrie.pedersen@lsswis.org *** […]
TED Talk Tuesday: Jennifer Senior
TED Talk Tuesday Presents: For Parents, Happiness is a Very High Bar As writer Jennifer Senior has put it, the parenting bookshelves at any bookstore are– “a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic.” Her TED Talk this week answers the question: Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? In this honest talk, she offers some […]
Ted Talk Tuesday: Rick Smolan: The story of a girl
Introducing Adoption Choice’s Ted Talk Tuesday… If you have some time, immerse yourself in the words of these speakers as we cover a variety of topics pertaining to adoption and parenthood with a featured Ted Talk. Some talks will make you smile, some will make you cry, and some will let you click off […]
Are You Too Old to Begin a Family at 40? 45? 50?
I am currently struggling – in fact, agonizing – over this decision. I am turning 40 next month and my husband is 45. After unsuccessful IVF treatments, we are considering adoption. However, as much as I dream of having a family, I’m worried we are too old to begin one at our age. At what […]
Are You Too Old to Begin a Family at 40? 45? 50?
I am currently struggling – in fact, agonizing – over this decision. I am turning 40 next month and my husband is 45. After unsuccessful IVF treatments, we are considering adoption. However, as much as I dream of having a family, I’m worried we are too old to begin one at our age. At what […]
Keeping Brothers and Sisters together in Foster Care
In the video, Brothers and Sisters: Keeping Siblings in Foster Care Connected, young people share their stories of being separated from their siblings and offer recommendations for how professionals can help maintain sibling relationships. This video was produced by Epic ‘Ohana, Inc., which works to strengthen ‘ohana — a Hawaiian term for family related by blood. Watch the […]
Keeping Brothers and Sisters together in Foster Care
In the video, Brothers and Sisters: Keeping Siblings in Foster Care Connected, young people share their stories of being separated from their siblings and offer recommendations for how professionals can help maintain sibling relationships. This video was produced by Epic ‘Ohana, Inc., which works to strengthen ‘ohana — a Hawaiian term for family related by blood. Watch the […]
Foster Care Adoption gets an Animated Endorsement
Public service advertisements (PSAs) featuring characters from the new film The Boxtrolls are appearing on participating television and radio stations. The PSAs direct audiences to visit theAdoptUSKids website or call our toll-free number to receive current, accurate information about the foster care system and the adoption process. The Boxtrolls is a family-event movie from LAIKA, the creators of the […]
Dark Matter of Love
Movie presentation of The Dark Matter of Love An eleven year old Russian girl learns to love her adoptive American family through a scientific intervention. The film tells the story of three of the last Russian children, Masha (11) and Marcel and Vadim (5), able to be adopted into an American family before Russian President Vladimir […]
Should We Keep Our Promise of Anonymity Made to Birth Parents?
Most adult adoptees in the US don’t have access to their original birth certificates or names of their birth parents. For just a second, try to imagine what it would be like for something you really need or want to be sitting in a file somewhere, but you aren’t allowed to see it. It exists; […]