My kids are being good and I am on a roll so here is one more great article for your reading pleasure...

This one is from the Adoption.com magazine, which I adore. This article is called "Blending the Color of Families through Adoption: A Questioning Look at Some of the Fears, Phobias and Fallacies," and it is written by Rita Jenkins, who is an African-German adult adoptee. The article gives tons of Jenkins' personal insights on adoption, race, etc.

Jenkins definitely has a different "tone" to her writing than a lot of other adoption authors, and I am interested to hear what you think. She definitely does... more

OK, here is yet another fabulous article from Adoptive Families magazine. It is written by Jerri Ann Jenista, M.D who is the adoptive mother of five and says she is raising her children in an” Italian-Indian-American Catholic single-parent, medically-oriented, cat-dominated culture.” Got to love that! She also reviews adoption referrals, so maybe some of you have had the pleasure of working with her.

The name of the article is “Culture, Heritage, and Stereotypes - If we don't help our children understand stereotypes who will?”

Dr. Jenista does a great job in this article looking at stereotypes and how they affect... more

Every few days I am going to post a link to an online article. Some I will think are great, some will probably be controversial. There will be something to learn from all of them. There are tons of great articles out there and so I am sharing them and hope that they are great resources for families.

Today's article is called "Raising a Child of Another Race - Deliberate Parenting Can Make a Difference," by Jana Wolff. Jana Wolff is the author of "Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother," which is available... more