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Forever ParentsHi, I’m Joanne. I created Forever Parents on December 28, 2002 after being frustrated by the lack of online support for adoptive and waiting parents. Feeling safe enough to vent, without being misunderstood or judged is an important part of this journey and I wanted to carve out a place for myself and others to do that. Forever Parents started on the msn boards, then switched to ezboard in 2003 and to our own server in 2008. This blog was created in January 2007 as another way of connecting with parents who’ve adopted and those in the process of doing so. My husband & I adopted a sibling group of three that had been in the foster care system for four years. They were 5, 8 & 11 when we adopted them in 2003. Here are Eight Things About My Adoption Journey. Want to know more? Eight More Things About Me. The year after we finalized our adoption, we removed them from school and began our unschooling journey, which I blog about at An Unschooling Life.. Here’s an article I wrote on Homeschooling and Older Child Adoption if you’d like to know more. Although you’ll see the term “adoptive parents” on this site, please don’t think we call ourselves that. Parents who’ve adopted consider themselves “parents”. We use that term here because we’re a parenting site for those who’ve adopted…and that’s just to long to keep typing. lol If you have information of interest to adoptive and waiting parents and would like it posted at our blog, please leave a comment here and I will get back to you. Send in information and press releases on adoption conferences, upcoming legislature, new book releases, support groups, adoption workshops and more. You can also leave the link to your adoption blog, website, forums or business at A Guide To Adoption Please join us at our adoption forums if you’d like to connect with other adoptive and waiting parents. Forever Parents is maintained by parents who’ve adopted, and is for parents who’ve adopted (and those waiting). While other members of the triad are welcome to read and comment, only comments that are supportive of parents who’ve adopted, will be allowed here and at our adoption forums. Thank you for stopping by. Related Tags: adopt, adopting, adoption Tags: Adoption ForumsRelated posts4 CommentsLeave a comment |
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I just wanted to say that I am not only impressed, but I (as well as my entire family) is thankful for the wonderful surpised back packs for all of us. A year ago (March 7, 2008) our family was introduced to 2 wonderful boys. On November 20, 2008 they became permanent members of our family. A month ago we received a wonderful welcome into the adoption family from a member of your program. All of our kids (adopted and birth) were thrilled with the gifts and the backpacks. Thank you for a wonderful program!
JG
The bag of rocks story is great. This is the closest thing I have ever read that explains why you cannot tell a child to “get over it”. I cannot say thank you enough.
Dear Joann: I was sent over here from Postrank.com … so happy to find you! I started “Extraordinary Moms Network” to support parents of foster-adoptive and special-needs children, primarily from a Catholic perspective. I’m happy to find your site, and look forward to coming back soon!
Hi Joanne. What a great site with incredibly useful information! I am writing to introduce myself and my company, My Adoption Advisor, to your readers.
We help families adopting domestically adopt more quickly through adoption outreach. We inspire, train, and support families’ efforts to network and market themselves in hopes of finding their future child’s birth family. We offer monthly webinars and workshops through our agency and attorney partners.
I would be happy to share more information with you and author guest articles at your convenience, if you felt we could offer something of value to your readers. Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you.
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