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Protect your family from anger and abuse

Do you have a child that rages?

Whose adoptive family is that in the congressman’s office?
It could be yours! Help Voice for Adoption in their annual Portrait Project by sponsoring the project, encourage members of congress to get involved, identify adoptive families to feature and sending in your photo. See contact info at end of article.

Sibling bonds in adoption: How important are they?
One of the most important and toughest issues in adoptive parenting is the sibling connection. Social workers have a huge responsibility to find adoptive home that will take siblings, especially if there are several children in a family unit. Adoptive parents struggle with maintaining an open relationship with adoptive children who are not in the home and with birth family member relationships. Adoptive children question why they were picked for adoption and their sibling(s) were not. Have you adopted siblings? Share your story by tweeting us or commenting below. How important is the sibling connection?

Transracial Adoption: Have you been discriminated?
November is National Adoption Month and one of it’s purposes is to open up discussion on important adoption issues. One such issue is transracial adoption (a frequent occurrence) and the risks of discrimination that can result from it. Have you adopted a child of a different ethnicity? Have you or the child suffered from discrimination? Tweet us a reply or comment below.

The Adoption Experience: Maternal Instinct
In celebration of National Adoption Month, I am highlighting another adoption story. This story, clipped from an adoptive mom’s blog, shares the awkwardness and fears of adopting (and someday letting go) of two adopted children from another country.What is your adoptive story? Has it been easy or difficult to be a mom or dad to adopted children? Tweet us a reply or comment below.

Should adult adoptees have rights to their birth certificates?
November is National Adoption Month and I am going to try and highlight some of the concerns going on in the field of adoptions and post-adoption mental health (my specialty) to raise some more awareness on the topic. I am going to try and be fair and show both sides of the issues. Basically, I want to hear your thoughts and concerns. Tweet me a reply or post a comment below…The article clip below asks the questions of why states don’t let adult adoptees have access to their birth certificates? What are your thoughts on it?