Life After Foster Care – 100 Things I’ve Learned
When Georgette aged out of the foster care system, she wasn’t prepared to live independently. She had very little money to her name and no real safety nets to catch […]
You Don’t Look Adopted – A Memoir
When you take away the habits of your life, you get to the question of Who am I? And if you sit with that, you get to the question of […]
Done with the Crying – Help and healing for mothers of estranged adult children
In Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children, Sheri McGregor, M.A., helps parents break free from emotional pain—and move forward in their own lives. […]
Always Separate, Always Connected
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of theoretical and empirical scholarship on how issues of human separateness, or independence, and issues of human connectedness, or interdependence, are played […]
Boy Who Built a Wall Around Himself, The
Boy built a wall to keep himself safe. Behind it he felt strong and more protected. Then Someone Kind came along. She bounced a ball, sang and painted on the […]
FAW: Focus on Fathers
Focus on Fathers Let’s be honest, foster dads don’t often get their due recognition. There aren’t many foster dad support groups or “Dad’s Night Out” for foster dads. But the […]
Partners: Focus on Fathers
Focus on Fathers This issue of Partners focuses on the theme of fatherhood. We wanted to write about this topic because we know that the significant role a father can play in the […]
Parenting in the Eye of the Storm – The Adoptive Parents Guide to Navigating the Teen Years
Adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and professional wisdom in this guide to help adoptive parents remain a calm parental influence in the midst of stormy […]
Can I Tell You About Adoption?
A guide for friends, family and professionals. Meet Chelsea – a young girl who was adopted. Chelsea invites you to learn about adoption from her perspective and introduces us to […]
Parenting Adopted Teenagers
How can adoptive parents and their teenagers navigate the challenges of the adolescent years? Full of valuable, grounded advice, this guide will help parents to understand the impact of early […]
