Month in Review: June 2008 Adoption Blogs

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01 Jul 2008 10:13 PM

I kicked off the month by attending a Cultural Fair with exchange students and au pairs. In my blog Celebrating ALL Cultures, I assert that celebrating all cultures makes our kids believe we truly accept diversity and aren't just accepting them because they are our kids.

I talk about some of the history of adoption with Proxy Adoptions. This means adoptions where the prospective parents didn't meet their children first. In the past this sometimes meant there was little in the way of a homestudy or any education for the adopting family. Today a homestudy is always done, and while countries vary, proxy adoption is rarer. A few countries place the children without the parents traveling to the country, but then the adoption is finalized in the U.S.

I share my daughter's gradual awareness of what adoption means when she worries about having to take medicine because I do, then being less than happy to learn that she likely won't, in my blog In the Genes? I can relate to this, as I share in Just Like Mom.

Shoshanna gave us valuable insights into Older Child Adoption in her blog Older Child Adoption: Blessing or Nightmare? She also provided a window into Sibling Attachment. Her Wednesday's Child blog shared about AdoptUSKids, a website on foster adoption. The special need she blogged about concerned Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adoption. She also did an informative interview, Deaf Adoption: Interview with a Parent.

In Adoption is Great for Moms AND Dads I reflect on how mothers sometimes start the adoption ball rolling, but the dads do assume a role. I share about my husband's commitment in One Father's Adoption Commitment.

My blog In the Majority muses that worldwide, my daughters' skin color is very much the majority, not the "flesh-color" paint we still sometimes see. Mixed Feelings for a Child Member of the Majority Minority tells of my girls' delight at learning this, but still feeling ambivalent about their skin color her in a place where they are still the minority.

Look for another blog reviewing the latter half of June. Happy reading!

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Pam Connell is a mother of three by both birth and adoption. She has worked in education, child care, social services, ministry and journalism.

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