A stillborn baby this week reminds us of life's mysteries, like when sad things happen to nice people. The prospective birthcouple were nice people, who'd already faced great hardship in life and meant to do something good for their unborn baby. The hopeful adoptive...
Giving up a baby for adoption is the hardest decision most parents ever have to face in their lifetime, even for those who choose to place. At Abrazo, we don't call it giving up a baby, of course. We refer to the act of surrendering parental rights as "placing a baby...
Can we all stop pretending, and admit that not everyone can parent? Parent is both a noun and a verb. But just because someone can birth a child does not mean one can parent effectively. We were reminded of that this week, sadly. A 35-year-old Texas mom named Laura...
Chances are Jane Roe (aka Norma Nelson McCorvey) is probably the most famous birthmom you never knew. You may be thinking the name Jane Roe sounds vaguely familiar? (Norma Nelson McCorvey, not so much.) But mention "Roe vs. Wade" and most Americans know almost...
Can we talk about the problem with Adopt A... schemes, please? We're not trying to offend anyone, but any scheme that starts with the phrase "adopt a..." and doesn't involve the permanent placement of a child in need is a problem with us. And by "us," we don't just...
The woman who showed up in our lobby to talk about open adoption was someone we'd not seen in well over a decade, so "long time no see" was about the only greeting that seemed to fit, as we struggled to put a name to the face. "Do you remember me?" she asked. We knew...
Is it fair to use adoption for laughs? The question came up again this week, as a meme meant to be humorous made its way around the internet. The heading reads "When parents start to crack during lockdown." It pictures a child asking her mother if she'd been adopted,...
The prospect of the coronavirus pandemic creating a new generation of American orphans is terrifying. However, it's a possibility for which we all need to prepare. (And not bringing it up won't keep it from happening.) Please take every precaution to protect...
If there's anyone we know who could teach a master class in hope and patience, it's surely waiting adoptive parents. Abrazo's Parents-in-Waiting know a thing or two about resilience, after all, having weathered the many disappointments of infertility and fertility...
It's said that "we hurt most the ones we love" and that's never more true than what's done to children when there's parental alienation in adoption. "Parental alienation" is a term that arose out of divorce and joint custody disputes. It refers to the efforts of one...
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