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Christina Gochnauer
What is the Nature Versus Nurture Conversation? Families who are all biologically related talk about it. Families who are blended talk about it. Scientists and psychologists run analyses on the topic with nearly...
Category - Foster & Adoption
Mahli Rupp
Adoption on YouTube
Talking about adoption with members of the adoption triad (child, birth parents, adoptive parents) shows the different experiences and aspects of adoption. You can learn something from all of their stories. They come...
Alicia Nelson
Adoption Freedoms: Independence Day
The Fourth of July. Independence Day. A day associated with hot dogs and barbeques, block parties, fireworks, and sparklers. However, as the name “Independence Day” implies, this holiday celebrates the freedoms we have...
Katie Kaessinger
I Saw My Birth Mom on TV
There is a saying that life imitates art. In this case, maybe the art is reminiscent of a television show. This is a real-life story but it has all the elements of something you would see on your television...
Tumara Jordan
Adoption Poetry
As someone who loves to both read and write poetry, I was thrilled to write an article about adoption poetry. What better way to creatively express feelings of adoption than to turn those feelings into beautiful words...
Kandice Confer
What was the Baby Scoop Era?
Note: This article focuses on the United States specifically, but the Baby Scoop Era also affected Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom around the same time period. 1939 to 1972. In just 33...
A Letter to a Birth Mother
Dear Birth Mother, I don’t know if I have ever imagined writing a letter to a birth mother. I have so much I want to tell you about the daughter you carried in your womb and will always carry in your heart. I have never...
Rebecca Dell
When Adoption Triads Don’t Work: Helping Your Adoptee Cope
The papers were signed. Agreements were agreed to. And now, 10 years later, things aren’t working out. You’re still 100% all-in, your kiddo is absolutely attached to you and your partner, and things in the home are...
Honoring Birth Fathers on Father’s Day
One of the members of the adoption triad that is least discussed is the birth father. The birth mother gets most of the attention, rightfully so. Birth fathers are often thought of as little more than a sperm donor, and...
Jennifer Autry
Teaching Adoptees About Birth Fathers
Within the adoptive triad, there is so much discussion about the important relationship between the birth mother, adoptee(s), and adoptive family. It seems as though much of the focus is on the birth mother, but birth...
Sarah Beth Britton