Father’s Day Guest Post “My First Year as a Dad Through Adoption”
As Father’s Day approached, I asked my husband if he would contribute a post to my blog, sharing his perspective on the adoption process and fatherhood. Here are his thoughts:…
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Multicultural Adoption
More from AFC's adoption bloggers about exploring and celebrating new cultures through international adoption.-
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A Difficult Conversation About Hatred and Race
As my children get older, my adoption discussions with them get more complicated. Early on, our talks were cheerful and sprinkled with happy words, like “love” and “family.” Now it…
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Expert Q&A Webinar: Inside Transracial Adoption
Learn about the intersection of adoption and race and how it affects children who grow up with adoptive parents of another race. How will you help your child embrace and…
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Can I Love Another?
Can I love another child as much as I love my son? That is a question I have been asking myself lately. As we get closer to adopting another child,…
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Thinking Back and Looking Ahead
Thinking back to myself as a young boy looking ahead at his future, I am reminded how differently my family life has turned out. Back then -- growing up in…
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Expert Q&A Webinar: Parenting in Transracial Adoption
When you adopt across racial lines, whether domestically or internationally, it takes more than just love and good intentions to raise a child with a positive sense of racial identity.…
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When Your Family Needs Help: Resources for Parents
In recent posts, I've been discussing how to cope when your family is struggling. In my opinion, one of the best things you can do to improve the quality of…
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Starting Over
If you have been following along on our family's journey, you'll remember that in 2009, my wife Leslie and I adopted a nine-month-old boy, Manu, from India. I recounted my…
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Adoption Expert Q&A Webinar: Skin and Hair Care
When you become a parent through adoption, your child’s hair and skin may be different from your own -- particularly if you adopted transracially. Join Brooke Jackson, M.D., a board-certified…
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How Are You Honoring Your Child’s Heritage?
Whether you adopted in the U.S. or internationally, how have you honored your child's birth culture or racial heritage? Have you taken a trip to his state or country of…
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