Birth Parent Series with Amber, Part 1

Birth Parent Series with Amber, Part 1

Birth Families

The adoption journey provides many stories, each person’s unique and special. However, often the stories available to birth and potential adoptive parents focus more on the adoptive parent side. It’s important to hear and celebrate everyone’s stories...
Embracing Summer with Children Who Need Structure

Embracing Summer with Children Who Need Structure

Adoption Questions

In our last blog, we gave a few tips for finding balance in the summer. From teaching kids about scheduling (and scheduling naps so parents have a break!) to embracing the fun and messiness of summer, balance is key. But what if you have a child or children who need a...
Summertime Parenting Tips

Summertime Parenting Tips

Post Adoption

School’s out for summer! This is the season of swimming pools and watermelon; ice cream trucks and camping trips. It’s supposed to be all fun and games, right? Well, maybe for younger kids, but summertime often means lots of stress for parents. Without school to map...
Celebrating Adoptive Fathers

Celebrating Adoptive Fathers

Post Adoption

We wrote before about how to support your spouse through the adoption process, but with Father’s Day approaching, it’s time to talk about celebrating (and supporting) the adoptive dads. Whether the adoptive dad is a spouse or friend, we have some great ideas for how...
Celebrating Fathers of All Kinds in Kansas and Missouri

Celebrating Fathers of All Kinds in Kansas and Missouri

Post Adoption

Father’s Day is fast approaching and that means it’s time to think about how to celebrate the fathers in our lives. Whether you are getting the entire family together with generations of fathers (and grandfathers) or keeping the celebration intimate this year, we have...
Mental Health and Adopted Children

Mental Health and Adopted Children

Post Adoption

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time that the US has observed since 1949. The idea behind this month-long observation is to increase awareness in general and to give people an avenue to speak up if they are struggling or need help. For this blog, we wanted to...
What I Wish I Knew – Adoption Stories Part 2

What I Wish I Knew – Adoption Stories Part 2

Adoption 101

Last week we posted the first part of this series on a rather common sentiment among adoptive parents. This blog aims to help address some of the most common “I wish I knew” moments, but you should also reach out to us or your local adoption service if you have more...

What I Wish I Knew – Adoption Stories

Adoption 101

How many times have you heard a friend say “I wish I had known that before I started” or “I wish I knew then what I know now?” It’s a common sentiment and one that affects everyone. It is also an especially common one surrounding issues of adoption, because many...

Handling the First Summer as a New Adoptive Parent

Adoption Questions

Summer is often a tricky time for parents. Children are out of school and bored, the planned activities list is all done, and the budget is too tight for summer camps and vacations. Every year we post blogs throughout the summer with fun (and inexpensive!) ideas for...