Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

This is the Introduction to a series of posts on related challenging topics (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six.) The purpose of this series is to make clear that today’s waiting children—international and domestic—infants and older children—are a traumatized population. As will become clear over the next two weeks, [...]

Adult adoptees are no longer the exception to the many voices in adoption that can offer adoptive parents essential tools for success! This post highlights three of the many adult adoptees who blog about their experiences of growing up as transcultural adoptees in American society. They also comment on the adoption process as well. Their [...]

Welcome to part two of our post about drawing a blueprint to better relationships with your children. This post is for dads in honor of Father’s Day!

In Part One, we looked at the messages dads received—growing up—about masculinity and via the media. Today, we’ll look at the messages fathers learned about nurture. Then, we’ll offer [...]