Teleflora’s America’s Favorite Mom Con...

The contest is now over, but Teleflora stupidly put mothers who’ve adopted in the “non-moms” category along with grandmothers and stepmothers. Shame on them and hooray for the moms who spoke out!! An NBC Mother’s Day special was seeing to some last-minute changes after adoptive parents balked at a category honoring them as “non-moms.” “We heard the concerns from our viewers, and we...

A Journalist’s Guide to Adoption

A Journalist Guide to Adoption: By Journalists For Journalists Dear Journalist: Adoption is increasingly being covered by the news media, whether it is the legislative battle to open adoption and birth records, the homecoming of a long-awaited child from overseas, the meeting of adoptees and their birth families, a custody battle, corrupt adoption practices, or an in-depth report on what makes a family. Despite the frequency...

Adoption Friendly Workplace

Did you know that many employers offer adoption benefits as part of their work/life package? Adoption benefits may include: 1) Financial assistance ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 to reimburse employees for adoption expenses. 2) Paid leave ranging from one to six weeks, providing the employee with full or partial salary. 3) Unpaid leave in addition to that mandated by FMLA (Family Leave and Medical Act guarantees unpaid leave...

Dave Thomas Foundation

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is close to my heart because my own children came to us through a foster care adoption. They help bring awareness to foster care adoption through programs such as “Adoption-Friendly Workplace” and their annual television special ‘A Home For the Holidays’ and From their site: …dedicated to dramatically increasing the adoptions of the more than 140,000...