Adoption Blog
The Child Preferences “Checklist”
When coming to adoption and engaging with the Home Study process, you will be asked to fill out a Checklist of characteristics you are “willing to accept”. This is industry speak for the type of child you are interested in adopting.
The Checklist is used as a tool to inform the matching process with an expectant mother and baby. The goal in matching is to ensure the needs of the child and the birth family are acknowledged by the adoptive family, and that the adoptive family is capable of meeting those needs.
Loving Someone Special: World Down Syndrome Day
As a child, regularly being around someone with a disability is many things: enlightening, scary, confusing, heartwarming, curious, hilarious, and both completely like and unlike any other relationship. I found myself processing him and his diagnosis and figuring out how to relate and understand every time I went. As an adult, it is clear to me that the amount of time spent with him greatly affected my own ability to empathize, connect and embrace people, particularly those who may be considered “atypical”.
This Failed Life
This Failed Life: Feelings Of Failure In Adoption & Misuse Of The Term “Failed Adoption” In season 2, episode 2
Gifts For Birth Mothers
Gifts For Birth Mothers: The Importance Of Gifting In Adoption Relationships And How To Do It Well. We often use
Home Study Checklist
Learn what documentation is typically required when pursuing a domestic home study for adoption.
What is a “Unicorn” in adoption?
Semantics in adoption matters. One of the words you might hear is “unicorn” when referencing a birth mom, or a child. Learn what that term means in the adoption space and the implications in using that language.
Hello, My Name Is?
Does the Birth Family or the Adoptive Parent(s) name the baby? As a hopeful adoptive parent you’ve been waiting
Doulas and Delivery
Doula’s and Delivery For a woman, there is no more transformative experience in this lifetime than giving birth to a
Finding The Right Adoptive Family For My Child
While adoption is always an option, planning for the adoption of your child is not necessarily an experience anyone wants to have. It is sad. It requires tolerance for pain and perseverance through hard things. You probably doubt that you have the personality/strength/guts to make this impossible choice.
Fear of Birth Parents: A book review of MOTHER MOTHER by Jessica O’Dwyer
It’s not everyday that a book shows up on your doorstep with a note asking you to read it. But
Birth Moms and Birth Plans: How to have an empowering birth experience when you’re choosing adoption
When you’re pregnant and approaching delivery, there is usually a lot of excitement and anticipation, but also equal parts of
The Slow Business Model
Hustle. It’s a term used to encourage winning, productivity, and ultimately, success. The definition of the verb is to “Force
In Their Own Voices
Kathryn July 6, 2020 A Pre-Adoptive Family reviews required reading: “In Their Own Voices, Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories” by
Creating A Profile Book: A Difficult, But Rewarding Process
The first thing I learned: Creating a profile book is really hard!
Finding Hope: A Birthmother’s Journey Into the Light *Book Review*
When working with birthmothers after placement of their child, even as a professional with experience and comfort in doing so, it is sometimes difficult to connect in an authentic way. These women and men who have recently placed their children are hurting deeply, despite feeling as though they made the right choice for themselves and their child.