By: Henry Amador-Batten As I write on this beautiful crisp and sunny March morning, there are two things that I am immediately grateful for, first is the Sun beating on my face though the sitting room window, it’s long overdue and oh so needed and secondly are the sounds of my husband working in the […]
Foster Adoption: Things We Never Considered
Foster to Adopt: Holiday Huddle
By Jillian Lauren After months of hand-wringing and waiting, we finally transitioned a new three-year-old son into our home! About a year ago, Scott and I decided things had gotten too easy. We were doing things like exercising regularly, meeting deadlines, having dinner parties, and keeping our hair relatively clean. We decided to go ahead […]
Adoption: Don’t Always Believe Everything You Hear
By Diane Ponist Last month, the month of November, was National Adoption Awareness month. We had an over whelming amount of people, all over the world contact us about getting started. We communicated with our foster agency and are going to even start holding recruiting open houses at our home for those looking to get […]
A Gay Dad Wonders If The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same
The Spanking Debate
By Diane Ponist For many recent years, the debate has lingered about what is considered spanking and what is child abuse. Many adults are outraged with the conversation of “back in the day, it was the way of discipline and I learned my lesson”. But is that what we want to instill in our children? […]
Foster Adoption: Making Space
By Jillian Lauren For those of you who don’t know, we’re in the process of getting certified by Los Angeles County to adopt a child through the foster care system. That’s a picture of our CPR/first aid training (if you’re looking to do it, we highly recommend Ron Calloway). Whenever I post about some new […]
Foster Adoption: The Struggle of a Last Name
Diane Ponist Recently we have reached a dilemma as adoptive parents. When it comes to adoption it’s more involved than many people think. Especially when adopting from the foster system, many different scenarios come into play. Who to stay in touch with from the bio family is one huge decision, plus changing or not changing […]
Foster Parenting: One Door Opens, Another Closes
Foster Care Parents: Read Instructions Carefully
By Glenn Bresci Why does everyone keep saying that children don’t come with an instruction manual? Sure they do. I use one all the time. I can never have children of my own, my lazy sperm made sure of that. However, since becoming a foster carer, I always read the instruction manual for each foster […]
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