Gay Couple Who Sued Adoption.com, Settle

As a follow-up to the store about the gay couple who sued adoption.com, they have settled their lawsuit.
Under the terms of a settlement, ParentProfiles.com, a sister company to Adoption.com, cannot post profiles of California residents “unless the service is made equally available to all California residents qualified to adopt in California.” That means the defendants [...]

Adoption Squidoo Lens

I’ve just created a brand new squidoo lens on adoption. It’s not completed yet and I’ll be working on it this week.
I already have an established lens on unschooling that is steadily climbing the ranks.
What’s a squidoo lens you ask?

They’re single webpages designed to be a starting point for someone who is interested in [...]

Rosie’s Family by Lori Rosove

Popular picture book provides vital advice for interracial and multi-cultural adoptive families. It is an essential tool for adoptive parents and their children for better understanding of adoption.
Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) May 20, 2007 — Asia Press, a small press publisher of children’s books, today announced that it will not be re-printing its popular book, “Rosie’s [...]

A Few More Adoption Blogs

I came across a few more interesting adoption blogs and wanted to pass along the links.
The first is Lauren & Marco’s Russian Adoption Story, where they write about their journey leading up to the adoption of their daughter. I especially liked the post where they travelled to Russia and meet their daughter for [...]

‘Even More’ 15 Fun Things To Do With Your Kids

Here’s part three of ‘15 Fun Things to do with your child’. Most of these suggestions were submitted by members of our adoption forums. This series is part of Friday 15. I hope you find some ideas for fun (and mostly free) things you can do with your kids!
1) jump rope
2) Make slime
3) Go [...]

The Case Against Competition

When it comes to competition, we Americans typically recognize only two legitimate positions: enthusiastic support and qualified support.The first view holds that the more we immerse our children (and ourselves) in rivalry, the better. Competition builds character and produces excellence. The second stance admits that our society has gotten carried away with the need to [...]

Transracial Adoption

Thirteen Things to consider before adopting transracially.
 
Adopting a child of a different race is not something everybody is comfortable doing. Two of my three children are biracial (african american/caucasian) and and my husband & I are caucasian. My third child is caucasian although she is biologically related to her siblings. Because they came home to [...]

Free Teleseminar On Healing Through Nutrition

One of our adoption forum members passed this information along and I thought some of the blog readers would be interested.
On this upcoming Tele-Discussion, we will be speaking with Ken Rohla, president and founder of Fresh and Alive! Ken is an expert in the field of natural healing through nutrition. What makes Ken stand out amongst others [...]

Atrocious Advice from “Supernanny”

Atrocious Advice from “Supernanny”
By Alfie KohnA despot welcomes a riot. Disorder provides an excuse to rescind liberties in order to restore calm. There are only two choices, after all: chaos and control. Even the creators of Get Smart understood that.
And so, too, do the creators of Supernanny and Nanny 911. Each week they poke their [...]

Adoption Myths

According to Six Common Adoption Myths Dispelled, we should “become educated about adoption and it will help you be equipped to separate adoption facts from fiction”. They list the six myths as;
1. There are no healthy infants available for adoption in the U.S.
2. It takes years to complete an adoption.
3. Single people can’t adopt.
4. Birth [...]