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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Multicultural Adoption
More from AFC's adoption bloggers about exploring and celebrating new cultures through international adoption.-
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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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Caring for Your Child’s Skin and Hair in Transracial Adoption - Expert Webinar
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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When Your Family Needs Help: A Few More Thoughts on Privacy
Being a parent is difficult. None of us really knows what we're doing. Most of us try really hard. In my last post, I discussed the challenge adoptive parents face…
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I Am a Hair Hypocrite
I have written about my challenges in learning about African-American hair and getting to the point where I feel confident caring for my Ethiopian-born daughter’s gorgeous ringlets. She currently has…
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The Afro
I got brave the other day and decided to leave my six-year-old daughter's hair in a beautiful, natural afro. I had not allowed her to wear her hair "out" (not…
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