Negotiate a set of fashion "dos" both you and your daughter can live with.
Teaching Your Child the ABC’s of Reading
When it comes to reading skills, parents are their children's first—and best—teachers. Here's how to give your child a head start on mastering the written word.
Questioning Medical Myths About Adoption
Make sure your infant or toddler is getting the care he needs.
Adopting a Baby: The Truth About Domestic Infant Adoption
Adopting a baby in the United States has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. When will popular perceptions catch up with the new, healthier reality? Here, an adoptive mother dispels common myths about adopting a newborn.
“Hand-Me-Downs: Growing Up in Foster Care”
People kept taking us, a threesome of foster kids, into their homes. But we never stuck.
“Parenting a Child Who Was Terrified of Love”
When you adopt an older child who pushes you away in anger, you learn a different way to parent, to give love without immediately receiving it in return.
“I Was Afraid to Adopt. I Was Afraid Not to Adopt.”
"It's hard to believe how reluctant I once was to adopt. In hindsight, I can see how much I needed this all along." — Dennis Kneale
Supporting Your Child Through Grief
Our children rely on us to guide them through saying goodbye.
“Visiting My Daughter’s Birth Mother”
Taking my daughter to visit her birth mother, I found that, while shared genes make them alike in some ways, it’s shared experiences that make us family.
When Your Child Has Birth Siblings
Parents who know that one child was placed for adoption while a sibling was not may wonder how to explain it in a way their child can understand.
Letting Go of Mommy
How to ease your child's entry to the wider world outside your home.
“Writing Through the Wait”
On the long journey to adoption, a journal can record the milestones and detours, as well as your first rush of love for your child.