Camp To Belong is a special summer camp. Along with swimming, hiking, and other fun summer activities, the children who attend get to participate in something many of us take for granted - they get to do these activities with their brothers and sisters who live in other foster or adoptive homes. Camp To Belong [...]
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, otherwise known as the Baby Veronica case. The U.S. Supreme Court had been asked to decide what constitutes a "parent" under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), specifically if the definition includes an unwed biological father who had not complied [...]
This guest blog post was written by Amanda Talan. Article: Is there a (transracial) adoption achievement gap? A national longitudinal analysis of adopted children's educational performance A recent article published in Children and Youth Services Review by Elizabeth Raleigh and Grace Kao seeks to determine whether there are differences in educational attainment between adopted and [...]
This guest post was written by Bahjo Mahamud. Phyllis Korkki wrote the article Filling up an Empty Nest, In the New York Times press. It was published in May 14 of 2013. This articles is written to awaken households and the our society that is never too late to adopt children and especially age should [...]
This guest blog post was written by Kristin Struss. Image by Anthony Russo for the New York Times Stories of how children come into people's lives never cease to amaze me. Peter Mercurio's story of how he and his partner found their son and subsequently how their son became of part of their family is [...]
This guest post was written by Abdifateh Ahmed. Article: Why Are So Many Celebrities Adopting Black Babies? Writer: Kristen Howerton Posted: 06/14/2012 11:10 am Journal: Huffington Post Photo: Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images Summary The article sums up why celebrities are adopting children and why higher percentages of celebrities are adopting trans-racially and specifically black [...]
Last week I came across a news article from the Times-Picayune. The LA senate approved a bill sponsored by Patrick Jefferson (D), HB219, that would prohibit the disqualification of a prospective adoptive parent based solely on past criminal history. HB219 would require a judge to consider the type of offense and length of time since [...]
This guest blog post was written by Salma Hussein. I recently came across an online article titled "Outrage, sadness as Americans barred from adopting Russian children," on worldnews nbc website. The article was dated March 30th, 2013 and written by Jim Maceda who is based in London. [Photo by NBC News] The strength of the [...]