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Recent Adoption Blog Posts

National Adoption Day this Saturday

by Pam Connell

16 Nov 2009 01:08 AM

Each November is National Adoption Month. Many adoption organizations and adoptive parent groups have activities. But in recent years the centerpiece of National Adoption Month has been National Adoption Day, when adoptions are celebrated in a festive manner.

Book Review: In My Heart, by Molly Bang

by Pam Connell

08 Nov 2009 09:12 PM

I finally have my wish, which I blogged about nearly three years ago, to see pictures of adoptive families in books that aren't specifically about adoption. In My Heart, by author-illustrator Molly Bang, is a wonderful author and illustrator who has received three Caldecott Honors.

Racism, Current Events, and Halloween History

by Pam Connell

31 Oct 2009 08:08 PM

Not many people know what Halloween meant to the early Celtic Christians of Ireland. I knew that the name "Hallow-even" meant "eve of All Hallows (All Saints' Day), a feast day still celebrated by many Christian denominations.

Book Review: Orientals: Asian Americans in Popular Culture

by Pam Connell

29 Oct 2009 11:21 PM

My last blog wondered about the impact of anti-immigrant feelings, worsened by economic conditions, on international adoptees and their families. In that blog, I quoted from the book Orientals: Asian Americans in Popular Culture.

Will Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Affect Adopted Children?

by Pam Connell

28 Oct 2009 04:21 PM

School conferences were a revelation to a mother of a middle-school daughter who had been adopted from Guatemala, but even more of a revelation to her teachers. The girl had reported that the teachers never called on her class.

An Alternative (Please!) to the Adoption of the Month Club

by Pam Connell

24 Oct 2009 07:59 PM

In my last blog, referring to various obituaries written about Patrick Swayze, I talked about how calling attention to a person's adoption without reason can seem to make a false distinction between permanently adopted family members and other permanent family members.

Star's Death Occasions a Reminder of When and How to Mention Adoption

by Pam Connell

22 Oct 2009 07:14 PM

Other bloggers in this blog have written about Positive Adoption Language and the impact of adoption words. I'm hardly a "word usage Nazi" on the warpath for political correctness, but two things this week have left me wishing our culture would be just a little bit more sensitive to my children.

Birthparents from the show 16 and Pregnant Have Bittersweet Moments But No Regrets

by Pam Connell

13 Oct 2009 12:56 AM

The same People magazine issue (October 5, 2009) that told Katherine Heigl's joyous adoption story also featured an update on the adoption featured on MTV's reality show, 16 and Pregnant.

More People-Watching (Reading)

by Pam Connell

11 Oct 2009 12:18 AM

Last week I wrote about Katherine Heigl's newly adopted daughter, who is ten months old and was adopted from Korea.

Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley's Bundle of Joy

by Pam Connell

02 Oct 2009 03:12 PM

With apologies to our fearless Popular Culture bloggers, I must admit that I am usually woefully ignorant of TV and music personalities. Nor am I usually a reader of People magazine.



Recent Blog Comments
 
ttstevens says...

"We met my son's halmoni (Korean grandmother) this past April on a trip to Korea."

In Is "Mother" Jewelry Insensitive?


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