Families with more than one adopted child obviously have children with different stories about how they joined the family. There are families who have of both biological

Ok Parents: Gear up. It happened again. As parents of adopted children, we are aware that eventually questions will arise with our children regarding where they came from and why.

There isn’t one! There aren’t guidelines for learning how to instill pride in a child who has been adopted transracially. When my husband, Mat, and I first looked into adoption, we were laser focused on how to adopt a baby rather than how to parent a child who would create our transracial family. We read…

This is one of those delicate and uncomfortable subjects to address: a failed placement. Those of us who are adoptive parents know – the light at the end of the tunnel is totally worth it – parenthood! But the journey is filled with twists and turns, and, possibly, a major detour. The bad news: sometimes…