By talking through possible actions and consequences, you can help your child develop decision-making and long-range thinking skills.
When Children Deny Their Heritage
A strong connection to role models and to others who share their ethnic background is as important now as ever.
Announcing Your Decision to Adopt
A letter can deliver the news to loved ones in efficiently and affectionately. The key is to communicate how thrilled you are about adopting.
Paradoxes of Adoptive Parenting
After writing Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother, Jana Wolff returns with more candid insights into the emotional highs and lows of parenthood.
“Deciding to Adopt Older Siblings from Foster Care”
At first, we envisioned welcoming a baby into our home. But we soon discovered that adopting older children was right for us.
“A Hunger for Words”
The elusive memory of a kindred spirit has steered me, over the years, toward the heart of my own story.
How Do We Define Belonging?
Ethnic identity includes ancestry, but it is shaped by experience.
Vision and Hearing Testing
It makes sense to have your child's vision and hearing screened as soon as you come home.
Ready, Set, Regress
Some children need a little extra babying before they're ready to get on with growing up.