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Because Of Adoption
Do kids do bad things only because of adoption? The news that the latest school shooter in Florida is an orphaned adoptee has got the media abuzz. But allow us to set the record straight: this troubled teen didn’t do this because of adoption. Adoptees are...
Texas Adoptions
As Abrazo prepares to welcome a new orientation group of prospective adopters interested in doing Texas adoptions, it seems like a good time to share this handy-dandy Texas adoption guide. When you adopt a Texas-born baby or child, you also gain honorary bragging...
Adoption Icons
As the founder and director of Abrazo, I am sometimes asked who influenced my adoption career most? I was fortunate to have “come up through the ranks” during a period in American adoption history that afforded me access to an amazing array of adoption professionals...
Dear Katie Pladl…
You don’t know us, dear Katie Pladl. However, the most intimate details of your life are quickly spreading across the global media, so we feel like we know you, and we figure you could probably use some support about now. (Note to readers: this blog was published...
What About Adoptee-Privacy?
Not long ago, a famous adoption dispute brought the issue of adoptee-privacy to the forefront. It concerned a baby girl named Veronica, whose birthmom had been placed for adoption without her father’s consent. Her birthfather, a registered member of an Indian tribe,...
Adoptive-motherhood
If you are struggling to balance the secret burdens of adoptive-motherhood, take heart: you are not alone, and your efforts really are appreciated, even if it doesn’t seem like it sometimes. (Okay… most times, perhaps?) Being a mother through adoption seems like a...
How to Ruin an Open Adoption
Most folks don’t seek out advice on how to ruin an open adoption, and we’re glad they don’t. We believe in open adoption. Open adoption can work wonders for people who truly put their whole hearts into it, who match the right way for the right reasons. They understand...
Reviving Adoption
From BraveLove‘s quest to become “a movement to increase modern adoption in the U.S.” to a sneak preview in Washington, D.C. of the pro-adoption documentary I Lived on Parker Avenue, reviving adoption is an honorable mission for many in this country. Domestic adoption...
Adoption and Race
If there were ever two topics that were perhaps equally difficult– and important– to talk about, these would have to be adoption and race. America’s current president made a coarse reference to disadvantaged countries last week. It ironically coincided with an...
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