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Packing a School Lunch Your Picky Eater Will Devour
Picky eating is common in children—and as a parent, it’s probably driving you crazy. Here, simple strategies (like using a cookie cutter!) help make sure your child gets enough to eat.
“The Perfect Season of the Heart”
A father and son find that, in the face of catastrophe, despair, and death, the antidote is life.
8 Ways to Help Your Kids Deal with Violence
When children are exposed to violence—in their first home, at school, or in the media—it's our job as parents to help them process it. Here's how.
“Why I Attend Adoption Conferences”
As I listened to the haunting soundtrack recently, I realized that The Truman Show is also about adoption. As the realization of his life dawns on Truman, he confronts his fears, leaves his home, and runs straight to the only person who has ever told him the truth.
“Logging On for Love”
Many of us wonder if the Internet is the adoption wave of the future. Here's one family's story.
Keeping Our Children Connected
"We visit and communicate directly with their foster family. These efforts help our sons build and sustain important relationships. They have already experienced too much loss and grief in their young lives."
[Book Review] Wuhu Diary
No adoptive parent should miss Wuhu Diary. This dramatic and personal narrative by Emily Prager describes a two-month trip to Wuhu, with her five-year-old daughter LuLu, to discover anything they could about LuLu's origins.
Baby Safety Tips
Take steps to babyproof your home now—before your baby is able to get into trouble.
Why Didn’t They Keep Me?
Answering kids' questions about birth parents.
What if My Birth Mother Shows Up to Claim Me?
Reassure your child that you are his parent, forever and always.
Crazy or Gutsy? Parenting in Your Forties and Fifties
Older, wiser — and adopting more than ever.
Telling Your Family’s Story
Sure, celebrations and rituals are important to have in adoptive families, but so are ways to preserve and keep these memories alive.
“What We Couldn’t Learn Before Adopting”
My wife and I learned a lot from reading, but there were some things not discussed in the books we read. So from one father to another, from one parent to another, here's my notebook of thoughts after our adoption.
Providing Security in an Insecure World
No matter what their ages, our children need to be reassured about the future.
A Bridge of Love: One Family’s Entrustment Ceremony
An entrustment ceremony is an powerful place to embark on our lives as adoptive parents.
[Book Review] The Kissing Hand
I am the sun in her world-the only parent she has ever known. Children under five, with no sense of time and history, can't always grasp that a parent means it when he or she promises to return. Into this gap comes The Kissing Hand.
When Holidays Don’t Measure Up
Holiday celebrations are supposed to be joyous, but they can be a minefield of mixed emotions.
“The Tie That Binds”
Whether you follow rituals from your own childhood or establish new ones, one truth remains the same: Traditions are what memories are made of. Here, four families share their stories.
Staying Close While Giving Your Teen Space
Adolescence only lasts a short time — help your child through the rough patches and enjoy watching her grow into an individual.
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