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Raising Children with Thankful Hearts
I want my children to feel gratitude for the fact that we're a family, as my husband and I do, but not indebted to us for adopting them.
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Farewell, Fire Truck: Milestones of Becoming a Family
For years, I tripped over the toy fire truck, a present on my Ethiopian-born son's fourth birthday, his first in the United States. Now that he's 9, he wants to give the truck away. Why is letting go so hard?
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Resisting Labels at School
Children get pegged with all kinds of labels at school, some good and some not-so-good. How should parents respond?
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Why Our Family Doesn’t Celebrate Gotcha Day
No matter what the age at placement, every adopted child joins her new family bearing a personal history, but children like mine, who were older at adoption, arrive with a cache of formative memories and life experiences.
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Do Cultural Celebrations and Heritage Events Do Enough to Help Form an Identity?
Helping shape internationally adopted children's cultural identities is a challenge, but I've found doing this helps
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It’s Back-to-School Time: Have You Talked with Teachers About Race and Adoption?
Talking to your child's teacher about adoption and/or race in the classroom can feel intimidating, but one mother has learned it's worth the effort.
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