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, [...]

I am a firm believer in pre-adoption preparation. As a professional who once served in a placement position, I understand the costs, staff time constraints, family time constraints and the competition that exists among agencies to recruit adoptive families. Yet, I firmly believe that these factors are not a license to take short cuts, nor [...]

He may wear the same popular brand names as your children. She may be a cheerleader like your daughter. He may like video games and hanging out at the mall or playing any type of ball. She may be into the latest hairstyles and texting her friends. You really can’t always tell an American “Waiting [...]