Life as a visible family can be challenging, but it's never dull
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?
Children get pegged with all kinds of labels at school, some good and some not-so-good. How should parents respond?
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.
Helping shape internationally adopted children's cultural identities is a challenge, but I've found doing this helps
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.
After an adoptive mother returned her son to Russia, other adoptive families reacted by sharing their stories of success or struggle.
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