by Michele Rabkin | Oct 21, 2022 | Adoption and Schools
by Pact Staff updated 2022 Teachers want every student to feel welcomed and included. There are a number of ways that teachers can make sure that adopted children—and other children whose families might be considered “non-traditional”–don’t feel “other-ed.”...
by Michele Rabkin | Oct 20, 2022 | Adoptive Parenting, Open Adoption, Preparing to Adopt
by Pact Staff When considering adoption, prospective parents are asked almost immediately to a make decision about whether they are seeking an open or closed adoption. Making parenting decisions before you become a parent can be challenging, particularly when they...
by Michele Rabkin | Oct 20, 2022 | Adoptee Voices/Adoptee Identity, Adoptive Parenting, Siblings
by Mary Martin Mason 1993 For several years my son’s birth mother, my husband and I grappled with the best time to tell Josh that he has a half-brother. Josh’s birth father has chosen not to participate in our arrangement of open adoption, and Josh’s...
by Michele Rabkin | Oct 20, 2022 | Adoptive Parenting, First/Birth Parents, Open Adoption, Preparing to Adopt, Talking About Adoption
by Beth Hall 2018 Why adoptive parents need to talk about birth/first parents Birth parents are surely the least understood and most often villified members of the adoption triad.[1] Outsiders to the experience of adoption will often recommend that it is best to...
by Michele Rabkin | Oct 20, 2022 | Adoption and Schools, Adoptive Parenting
In school, children study more than reading and math; they learn how the world operates beyond their own homes. If they are lucky they are taught to search for commonality and to appreciate difference in their classmates and then in their wider community. One way that...
