February 2011 Archives

Adoption Blogs

The Perfect Blend

Attachment and Adoption

I don’t like other people’s children. Let me soften that a bit: I enjoy the company of children who aren’t mine for brief periods. But I am not, and never…
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 2 months ago | 14 Comments | Post a reply
Adoption Conversation Recipe: One Part Understanding, Two Parts Love

Cooking is one of our favorite activities at my house; my wife, Leslie, and I have a passion for food and creativity that I hope we can instill in our…
- Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 2 years, 2 months ago | 6 Comments | Post a reply
New York Adoption

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Does Location Matter for Visible Adoptive Families?

In our agency’s adoption classes, many discussions focused on whether living in a diverse community was important for multicultural adoptive families and, if so, how important. As we're looking to…
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 3 months ago | 32 Comments | Post a reply
Transracial Adoptive Families

- Posted by Phil Hertzler to Groups 2 years, 3 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Learning More About Our Daughter’s Birth Country Put Our World in Perspective

After receiving our referral for a baby girl from Ethiopia, I printed out copies of my daughter’s picture: one for my work, our bathroom, and my home office. I would…
- Posted by Ellenore Angelidis to Melting Pot Family 2 years, 3 months ago | 2 Comments | Post a reply
Best of the Best Adoption Blogroll

After soliciting nominations from our readers, AF clicked through hundreds of links to find the 20 best blogs that touch on adoption, infertility, and assisted reproduction. Spend some time browsing…
- Posted by AFC Editors to Talk to AF 2 years, 3 months ago | 1 Comment | Post a reply
Thinking About Your Child’s Origins

"I still ache to have a genetic child. I thought the feeling would evaporate as soon as [my daughter] was born. Now I think my acceptance of the situation will…
- Posted by AFC Editors to Talk to AF 2 years, 3 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
The Birds, the Bees…and Adoption

Most parents are already squeamish about talking with children about sex, and the conversation can get even more complicated when adoption’s part of the picture. In "Birds, Bees, and Adoption"…
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Telling Your Family’s Adoption Story

It is important to begin talking about adoption as soon as you come home. Rather than approach it as a lecture, in "Our Family Adoption Story," Fran Eisenman explains how…
- Posted by AFC Editors to Talk to AF 2 years, 3 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply

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