Category: Parenting
Getting your Adopted Child Covered by Health Insurance
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. If you’ve recently adopted a child, you might have hit a frustrating speed bump: your health insurance provider claims your adoption needs to be finalized before they’ll add your child to your plan. Spoiler alert—that’s...
Home Study Hacks: How to Make Your Adoption Agency LOVE You
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. So, you’re ready to jump into the adoption process and start the home study. First of all, congrats! You’re about to join a VIP club of paperwork warriors and home visit champions. It’s a wild ride, but...
What to Know When Considering Adoption for an Unexpected Pregnancy
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. Finding out you’re pregnant when it wasn’t part of your plan can feel like your whole world has suddenly tilted on its axis. I want you to know, first and foremost, that you’re not alone—and that the...
Birth Parents’ Hidden Insights
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. Hey there, adoption seekers! Let’s chat about a super important part of the adoption journey: the relationship between adoptive parents and birth parents. Getting to know and respect birth parents’ wishes can...
The Adoptees Wishlist, You Need to Know!
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. Adoption comes with its own set of challenges and joys, and sometimes, it’s tough to know what your adopted child truly needs. As adoptive parents, you want to understand and support your child as best as you can, but...
Debunking Birth Mother Myths
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. Today we’re diving into a topic that’s often clouded by myths and misconceptions: birth mothers in adoption. You know, those stories that come from a place of fear and misunderstanding? Yeah, those ones. But...
Fundraising for Adoption: 1 Organization’s Innovative Approach
There are so many needs in the world, and it’s a remarkable thing when fulfilling one need can help provide for another need. JT Olson knows all about this, as the founder and president of the Nashville-based nonprofit Both Hands that helps families by fundraising for...
Summer Learning for Kids: 3 Fun Ideas
School is about to be on break, so you know what that means – lots of excess energy! With summer fast approaching and vacation planning starting for those who can, that doesn’t mean that summer learning can’t happen too. They are lots of fun ways to...