Why Join an Adoption Therapy Group (vs. Adoption Support Group) for Adoptees? The easy answer is that you want change, and you want to have powerful support and accountability along the way. In an adoption support group or adoption therapy group, most people learn that while healing is good ...read more
Adoptee Rights Legislation in Albany A5494/S3419
Historic Adoptee Rights Legislation Passes in Albany The Clean Bill of Adoptee Rights was voted on and passed in the legislature on Friday. Now it goes to the Governor’s Office for signature. I want to thank Assemblyman David Weprin and Senator Velmanette Montgomery for sponsoring this ...read more
Birth/First Mothers
I want to share this lovely piece by a birth mother on first contact, especially timely in light of records being opened in NJ. ...read more
Why I love the APC – 2016 Conference coming up!
I'm happy to announce that I'll be presenting a workshop at the 2016 APC (Adoptive Parents Committee) conference in Brooklyn on November 20, 2016. I'll be posting more later, including a short video talking about my workshop, but the presenters also invited us to create a short video on "Why I love ...read more
As China’s one child policy comes to an end…
An interesting, brief article on the personal and much broader effects of this policy, especially on ideas about adoption in the U.S. and what a family looks like. Read the whole article here. I was most struck by this line: The adoption of (mainly) girls from China -- again, along with other ...read more
Transracial adoption and making sense of microaggressions
I attended the Adoptive Parents' Committee conference in Brooklyn yesterday, and heard several exciting presentations. It was fabulous to hear all the stories, from attendees and presenters, and get a sense of where parents are on their paths to adoption. One of the most interesting workshops I ...read more