Home For The Holidays: Foster/Adoption Special

Tune into CBS on Tuesday, December 23 8 p.m. EST/PST or 7 p.m. CST/MST For the 10th Annual A Home for the Holidays Special Celebrating Foster Care Adoption! Don’t miss this heartwarming one-hour television show! Celebrity performers will share the stage with extraordinary American families who share their joy and their stories of foster care adoption. This year’s show features Faith Hill and includes Tim McGraw,...

‘Jockey’ Adoption Services & Prog...

I’m excited to pass along this terrific program to you, made possible by Jockey (yes, the underwear company – lol). They are working with families who adopted through foster care to provide them with post-adoption support such as respite and parent support groups. As you know, we adopted three children though foster care and often gripe on this blog about the lack of services offered to those of us who have...

My Doggie Bookends

I had to share this picture of my dogs resting on both ends of the futon in our family room. This is Mini in her favorite position: This is TJ, in her favorite position: I love that they’re both in the same position. LOL!! They’re both miniature poodles and are from the same litter. Share ...

More Disney Pictures

Here’s a few more pictures from Future World (it’s in Epcot) in Disney World.  You can scroll down a few posts for the rest of them. Jacqueline loved all the technology at Innoventions: One by one, kids came through the sharks mouth and posed nicely while their parents took pictures. While I waited, with my camera ready, for my kids to come through I was hoping they would do more than just smile. Then who should...

Thoughts on Transracial Adoption

Two of my children are biracial. Even though my three children are biological siblings (actually half biological siblings), one of the is white, while the other two are brown. I think because they’ve always been a multiracial sibling group and have always accepted each other as family, we’ve never had any of the situations I hear some families talk about. Actually, the only situation that has come up regarding...

Comment Policy

We’re happy that you’d like to post a comment here, but we ask that you read this before you do. Since it was created in 2002, Forever Parent’s only goal has been to support parents who’ve adopted and those who want to.  All posts and comments made here, and at our adoption forum need to reflect that or they will not be allowed. There may be some things you read here that you don’t agree with,...

Some Recent Pictures

We bought season passes to Disney that we were supposed to start using as a celebration of our 5th year adoption anniversary (we do something to celebrate it every year) but my oldest son, who frequently sabotages family outings for us, announced he would not go, so we had to postpone our week vacation until another time. Not wanting to wallow in self pity, the four of us (my husband,myself and two daughters) decided to start...

Open Adoption – Pros And Cons

We have a diverse group of parents (and those in the pre-parent stage) at our wonderful adoption forum. Some are in open adoptions and others, like myself are in closed adoptions. Still others are in alternative arrangements that work best for them and their children. As parents of this generations adoptees, we all know what works for one family may not work for another family. What are your thoughts on open adoption? What...

Older Child Adoption: The Good, The Bad & The...

Older child adoption has give me more joy, more sadness, more fulfillment, more stress and more gray hairs than anything else in my life. We recently passed our five year adoption mark (we adopted three siblings) and sometimes it feels like five days, while other times it feels like five million years. The Good: My youngest child is now ten and we adopted her at the age of five. Lucky for her, and for us, she was removed...

My Daughter Explains Adoption

As a young adoptee, my ten year old daughter (adopted at the age of five) has been faced with the task of explaining adoption from time to time, to her friends. This is a topic she and I have spoken about several times and will continue to discuss as she grows up. I feel very strongly that we, as parents of adopted children, should empower them to be able to answer questions about adoption and educate the people they come in...