adoption realities

April 2016

Taking Another Look at the Case of a Stalled Adoption: a response to Brandon Stahl’s Article “After adoption stalls, would-be mother speaks out”

By |2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , |

Today's Guest Blogger is Krysta Sather The child welfare system in Minnesota has been under scrutiny since the tragic death of a young boy. Those in the child welfare system and individuals following the changes to the child welfare system in response to the media attention likely know the watchdog reporter from the Star Tribune, [...]

March 2016

What’s the Point of Adopting a 17 Year-Old Kid?

By |2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00March 21st, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

Today's guest blogger is Wijit Xiong The article I found was called, What’s the Point of Adopting a 17-year-old Kid? This article was written by Jessica Good on November 4, 2015 and was published by adoption.com. The author started out by telling her own story of how she thought back on the hardship that she had [...]

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Closed Adoption – On Its Last Legs

By |2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00March 15th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Today's guest blogger is Annie Patnode The article, Closed Adoption Is on its Last Legs So Here’s What We Must Do by Lori Holden from the Huffington Post, succinctly refers to adoption as “the shades of gray and hues of color, so much deeper and more intricate than simple black and white interpretations.” As an [...]

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