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Parents who adopt a child beyond infancy, whether from the U.S. foster system or internationally, may have concerns about the transition (which may be measured in years, not months) --…
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Parenting Older Adopted Kids
More from AFC's adoption bloggers about parenting older adopted children.-
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Managing Everyday Life When Your Family Is Struggling
In my latest posts, I've been discussing the need for adoptive parents to find a balance between maintaining privacy for their children and reaching out for help when the family…
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When Your Family Needs Help, Part 1
I belong to a secret Facebook group for adoptive families that has more than 1,000 members. As in many large, online gatherings, conflicts tend to flare, but a recent argument…
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Adoption and Sibling Rivalry
Dylan thinks he's an only child. He's incorrect, of course, since, when he traveled home with us from his birth country, Korea, he increased our family to five. I don't…
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Farewell, Fire Truck: Milestones of Becoming a Family
We've been working on clutter clearing at our house recently. I asked my son, Gobez, adopted from Ethiopia, to go through his room and pull out anything he no longer…
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If You Give a Mom a Cookie… When Choosing a New School Leads to Questions of Diversity
One day I visit a private K-12 school in our area. I'm here looking at the high school program to see if it might be a good fit for my…
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Resisting Labels at School
Last week, two envelopes arrived in the mail from our school district, one addressed "To the Parents of Gobez,” my third-grade son, adopted from Ethiopia, and one "To the Parents…
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Adoption Book Review and Giveaway: Melissa Fay Greene’s “No Biking in the House Without a Helmet”
Melissa Fay Greene’s books surprise me. When I read There Is No Me Without You, I expected an Ethiopian adoption story. Instead, I learned about the history and political climate…
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The Adventures of Baby Bear Jackson and Manu: Our Favorite Adoption-Friendly Bedtime Stories
Baby Bear Jackson is a bedtime favorite at our house. His story is a work in progress, with new chapters added nightly as our son, Manu, adopted from India, always…
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Are You My Mommy? The Question That Inspired Us to Adopt an Older Child
We had been at Ashraya, our son Manu’s Children’s Home in India, for two days when my perspective about adoption changed. Our journey thus far had been a mixed bag…
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