Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

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 [...]

This post is designed to dovetail off Tuesday’s blog in which it was suggested that while families wait for  their child to arrive, they can educate themselves and the children already in the family about the types of challenges the new son, daughter, brother or sister may present. If you have already adopted your child, [...]

Welcome to Part Two of our post regarding helping children—who remain in the home—adjust when an adopted sibling/prospective brother or sister leaves the family via dissolution, disruption or displacement. Part One described these terms and Part One contained our first suggestions to help these brothers and sisters cope with the loss of their sibling.

This post will offer some [...]