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Ethiopian Adoption Search Registry
A new website helps Ethiopian birth families find and connect with their children who were adopted abroad. Ethiopian Adoption Connection was created with the goal of matching Ethiopian birth families with their children adopted abroad. Their priority is helping those who cannot search or who have searched and been unsuccessful. Many adoptive families are fortunate […]

Where is your child from? Bedrooms from around the world
Our adopted children all have different beginnings. Some come from impoverished countries, others live in wealthy countries but have had tragic beginnings that left them abandoned and in need of a home. Photographer James Mollison came up with the idea to photograph children’s bedrooms around the world. He photographed bedrooms in the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, […]

Good news for Australian children
NSW parents whose legal adoptions are finalized overseas will be able to obtain NSW birth certificates for their children under new laws to be introduced soon to State Parliament. Attorney General, Greg Smith SC, and Minister for Family and Community Services, Pru Goward, said the Government was seeking changes to the law to give children […]

Series about re-homing
I don’t believe most people in the US adopt internationally or anywhere for that matter without having the best intentions of loving the child and providing a healthy, happy forever home. But a series of articles by Reuters uncovers a big problem in the adoption world in the US and possibly outside of it. The […]

Writing tips for your kids
In France they are extremely strict about handwriting. Children begin learning cursive in kindergarten and are expected to write beautifully. My daughter had some dexterity issues and still struggles to meet the high handwriting standards required by her teachers. Below is a story I found on Specialism, a website dedicated to parents of special needs […]