Adoptive Families Magazine - Great Reading!

Here are some links to great articles from Adoptive Families Magazine:

A Memo to My Fellow Teachers
    When it comes to adoption, teachers need to check their curriculum and their stereotypes.

How to Lobby Your Employer for Adoption Benefits
    Here's a road map and a sample letter to help you persuade your employer to offer adoption benefits.

Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
    A fiercely honest look at the emotional complexities of adoption from an adoptive Mother's point of view.

Do I love Him Yet?
    Award-winning author Melissa Faye Greene describes post-adoption depression and readers share impressions of those first days home.

Is That Your Real Sister?
    Creating a Blended family generates a special kind of joy.

The Final Step to Family
    Standing in a courtroom at our daughter's finalization hearing brought us relief - and at last, a sense of parenthood.Â

Our Story: Open Adoption Converts
    The author was initially leery of birthmother contact until she learned more about openness.

Evaluating a Difficult Referral
    This was no longer a theoretical child - here was a name, a face, a person.

Is Your Child Ready for School?
     How should your child answer those inevitable adoption questions?

Raising Sound Sleepers
    Whatever the age of your new child, keep your expectations realistic.