On Finding My Mother
Not to be missed! New York Times Bestselling author and Adoption Mosaic volunteer, Jennifer Lauck, talks about life, writing, women, enlightenment and her latest memoir on finding her first mother.
Archive for July, 2010
Striking a Balance; Talking About Adoption
From Guest Blogger Shelise Gieseke, click here>> for more information on Adoption Mosaic Bloggers. Shelise’s thoughts on this post were inspired by the post What to Tell — And When on the blog Research-China.org
Talking about adoption with your children is a delicate balance – one that parents have to learn because it is not necessarily an intuitive skill. If parents have to learn how to talk about adoption, whether it is about birth families, orphanages, or abandonment, then adopted youth definitely need to learn how to talk about adoption, and how to navigate the complexities that come with it. If parents are not modeling how the conversation about adoption goes, then how will their kids learn the tools to talk with their parents, or others, about adoption? Read the rest of this entry »
