Search Results: September/October 2010

A band aid on a broken heart

“Band-Aid Mom”

Can a Band-Aid do more than heal a physical wound? For my daughter, adopted from Ethiopia at age 9, a mother's therapeutic touch — to real and emotional boo-boos — began a deeper healing process.

How should your child respond when asked adoption questions at school?

When Classmates Ask

How can you help your child answer adoption questions with confidence—and handle any queries that come your way?

Racial color blindness does our children a disservice

Should We Be Color Blind?

Color blindness may not be the best approach for transracial families, explains a transracial parenting expert.

Adoption Experts answer your questions.

Ask AF: Moving and Readoption

I'm about to move. Can I readopt after I move, or do I have to readopt in the state I lived in when I brought my child home?

Adoption Experts answer your questions.

Ask AF: A Difficult Reality

We used to have a good relationship with our son's birth mother, but haven't heard from her since he was two. He's now nine. I recently searched for her online, and learned that she's in jail.

Adoption Experts answer your questions.

Ask AF: Sharing Details We Found Online

"After my daughter's birth family stopped corresponding, I looked them up online. Is it unethical to share this information with her, since I obtained it without their consent?"

Adoption Experts answer your questions.

Ask AF: Comments on Beauty

An adoptive parent asks AF's expert for help with how to respond when strangers make comments about her children's appearances.

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