These are 5 ways to sabotage an adoption plan, for those who may be new to the process. 5. Expect Perfection Forget that adoption is a human construct, relied upon those who are in crisis. Assume the "if I have to resort to settling for adoption, then I better get......
When CPS takes a child from a parent, it feels like someone just dropkicked their heart clear out of their chest. No matter how it happened, parent/s and child can often be traumatized by Child Protective Services' involvement. (Texas lawyers can answer basic...
Should adoptive parents be rewarded for adopting? Traditionally, this was the common consensus in American adoption. Adopters were historically seen as selfless, giving people who took in unwanted urchins and raised them as their own, out of the goodness of their...
Many children have grown up on the Eloise books-- but the hard truth is that growing up in a motel, as the invisible homeless, is typically far less glamorous. Visit the extended stay motels in any urban community and you're bound to find children who are growing up...
Fifteen-year-old Claudia Conway recently issued a plea to lawmaker Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez saying "please adopt me." It's unclear whether her appeal was meant to be a joke or not, given the political animosity between Representative Cortez and Conway's parents....
When your child's birthparent is an addict or the child you're adopting is drug-exposed during pregnancy, your adoption journey may follow a map that will look more colorful than most. That doesn't mean it's better nor worse. It just means it's different than it would...
Once more, for those in the back: don’t call it adoption if it isn’t. (Please. Just. Don’t..) Here’s why we’re putting this out there... Adoption is a sacred vow, a tender transfer and a legal commitment that’s meant to last. It’s not “just an arrangement” or a...
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...
This is a word of encouragement for rainbow families facing painful times. Rainbow families are those who adopt outside their race, and by some accounts, this describes 40% of all adoptions nowadays. Abrazo has been blessed to have been a part of countless transracial...
People don’t always want to hear it, but in adoption truth matters. Yes, the truth may be awkward, or messy, or maddening or hurtful. Or it may be liberating, or illuminating. Either way: in adoption, truth matters. Just like teaching your child to brake when all they...
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