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Recent Adoption Blog | April 2009 Posts

Book Review: Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul

by Pam Connell

30 Apr 2009 02:07 PM

Published just last year, Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul is another in the series of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books which seek to offer comfort and healing to the spirit. As many of you know, the series includes fifty-plus books offering this classic comfort food for the souls of.....

Extended Family Members of Adopted Children May Need Hepatitis A Vaccine

by Pam Connell

27 Apr 2009 02:23 AM

If you are beginning an international adoption, you've probably thought quite a bit about the health of your potential child. In a home study, you have had to address questions about your own health. A few of us might think 6 months ahead to plan for a trip to our child's country.

Preparing for and Processing a Reunion: Expectations and Emotions

by Pam Connell

25 Apr 2009 12:09 AM

My last blogs talked about children's experience of open adoption and possible advantages of a meeting between the child and birth family members.

Advantages of Reunion with Birth Family for Child and Teen Adoptees

by Pam Connell

16 Apr 2009 06:01 PM

Many adoptive parents tell their children that they will help them search for their birthparents when they turn eighteen. However, more and more adoptive parents are reaching out to their children's birth families earlier.

Book Review: Children of Open Adoption and their Families

by Pam Connell

16 Apr 2009 05:32 PM

Children of Open Adoption and their Families, by Kathleen Silber and Patricia Martinez Dorner, is an important read for adoptive parents, whether their adoptions are open or not. Other books describe the process of adoption.

Easter Again...a Reminder of our Miracles

by Pam Connell

12 Apr 2009 02:40 AM

It's Easter again--six Easters after I broke one of my rules. The rule I broke? "No hassling doctors or social workers at home unless someone is dying.

Book Review: Issues That Concern You: Foster Care

by Pam Connell

11 Apr 2009 01:01 AM

I've mentioned before how much I enjoy the Opposing Viewpoints series of books, such as Opposing Viewpoints: Adoption. Greenhaven Press now has another series, aimed at students, called Issues that Concern You.

Adoption in the News this Week: from ER to Madonna to the Hague

by Pam Connell

06 Apr 2009 10:53 PM

Adoption has certainly been in the media this week. As my fellow blogger Michelle has noted in the popular culture blog, Madonna's petition to adopt a second child from Malawi was denied by a judge in Malawian court.

Adoption Plot Alert-ER Series Finale at Earlier Time Tonight

by Pam Connell

02 Apr 2009 01:11 PM

I'm always curious to see how adoption is portrayed in the general media. Last month I talked about an adoption storyline on NBC's hit medical drama ER. ER (for Emergency Room) is ending its 15-year run tonight in a 2-hour series finale which will air at 9 p.m.

April Fools: Three Things You Thought You Knew About Adoption

by Pam Connell

01 Apr 2009 04:43 PM

There are some things that "everybody knows" about adoption. This "knowledge" is so well-known, of course, that facts and first-person testimonies, even the evidence of one's own eyes, apparently aren't effective.



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