by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
Have you seen these? They are part of a PSA campaign to raise awareness about foster care adoption. I have to admit that they made me laugh. How about this one? Or perhaps this? I think these PSA’s normalize adoptive ‘parenting’ by saying that...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
Recently I wrote about NPR’s exclusion of an adoptee’s voice in a piece about Transracial Adoption. This past Sunday NPR did add the perspective of an adult transracial adoptee by interviewing Chad Goller-Sojourner. You may be familiar with his work...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
I have a problem. Some say it’s a good problem, but it has become all consuming. Keeping my six-year-old in books. Teachers and instructors call these kids ‘Advanced Readers.’ Perhaps one lives at your house. Here are 8 easy signs that this kind of person resides at...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
January 31st, 2014 is Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year and Spring Festival). We celebrate each year with a visit to Lan Su Chinese Garden, attendance at local cultural events to see the always beloved Lion or Dragon Dances, lanterns, rolling fruit, lucky...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
Yesterday I asked my daughter about joining a tween adoptee group. The group gets together to watch movies, hang out, and debrief together both their adoption stories and their voices reflected in the movies and media around them. She jumped at the chance. “Mom, that...
