@AdoptionNow

This is your daily feed of encouragement, information, and resources from the adoption community.

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NCFA: The Organization Behind a New (Problematic?) Adoptee Research Survey dlvr.it/T7F4Nj

NCFA: The Organization Behind a New (Problematic?) Adoptee Research Survey | Lavender Luz

3 concerns with NCFA's new survey. What do they mean for its validity & reliability; what's up with the relationship between NCFA & adoptees?

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What the New NCFA Adoptee Research Means for Adoptive Parents dlvr.it/T6w8ps

What the New NCFA Adoptee Research Means for Adoptive Parents | Lavender Luz

NCFA surveyed 1247 adoptees about (among other things) how well their parents did by them in various ways. Here's what you need to know.

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22 Years of Adoptee-Orienting: 2 Moms in 1 Open Adoption dlvr.it/T6MhHh

22 Years of Adoptee-Orienting: 2 Moms in 1 Open Adoption | Lavender Luz

How to create and sustain an adoptee-oriented open adoption for 22 years? A birth mom and adoptive mom share ways of being in relationship.

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Adoption and the Bible: A Deeper Look with Amber Jimerson dlvr.it/T58XQg

Adoption and the Bible: A Deeper Look with Amber Jimerson | Lavender Luz

Who uses "adoption" in the bible and who doesn't? What possible misinterpretations might there be, and what do you need to know to avoid harm?

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Allowing the Full Range of Adoptee Emotions: How Parents Can Help or Hurt dlvr.it/T3TKVm

Allowing the Full Range of Adoptee Emotions: How Parents Can Help or Hurt | Lavender Luz

Have you ever wanted to make sure your adoptee doesn't feel sad or mad about being adopted? What you need to know about adoptee emotions.

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Colorado’s Baby Box Bill: My Testimony at the State Capitol dlvr.it/T38T71

Colorado's Baby Box Bill: My Testimony at the State Capitol | Lavender Luz

What is a baby box bill? What came up at Colorado's senate hearing about it? Here's my report from the floor, along with my testimony.

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What We Get Wrong About Same-Race Adoption dlvr.it/T2GK97

What We Get Wrong About Same-Race Adoption | Lavender Luz

Jennifer Dyan Ghoston, an adoptee and former police detective, shares her experience integrating herselves in a same-race adoption.

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Inside Peek at the First Adoption Unfiltered Book Tour dlvr.it/T0LKWN

Inside Peek at the First Adoption Unfiltered Book Tour | Lavender Luz

Photo essay of the first book tour for new book Adoption Unfiltered, authored by an adoptee, a birth parent, and an adoptive parent.

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Adoption: The Long View | Season 4 Roundup of Advice dlvr.it/Szh5b5

Ep406 of Adoption: The Long View now available!

How can we talk about race with adoptees? Dr Chaitra Wirta-Leiker offers concrete advice for those in same-race or interracial adoptions.

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The Authors of Adoption Unfiltered: What We Don’t Know Hurts dlvr.it/SySKkJ

Ep406 of Adoption: The Long View now available!

How can we talk about race with adoptees? Dr Chaitra Wirta-Leiker offers concrete advice for those in same-race or interracial adoptions.

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The Happy Hour #619 Better Than Okay with Brandi Wilson dlvr.it/SyDtZv
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The Happy Hour #618 But First, God with Julie Chen Moonves dlvr.it/SyD545
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Setting Up Residence in My Ghost Kingdom: Field Notes #5 dlvr.it/SyBdLs
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A Mere Infant: Thoughts for My New Adoptive Parents dlvr.it/SxcLkW

A Mere Infant: Thoughts for My New Adoptive Parents | Lavender Luz

How could a mere infant experience anything but reciprocal love for his new adoptive parents? Adoptee Julian Washio-Collette reveals.

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The Happy Hour #617 Experiencing Friendship with God with Faith Eury Cho dlvr.it/SxcL3N
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The Happy Hour #616 October Bonus Series | Pregnancy and Infant Loss with Kayla Aimee dlvr.it/SxNnMt
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The Happy Hour #615 October Bonus Series | Pregnancy & Infant Loss with Rachel Lohman dlvr.it/SxNmrT
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The Happy Hour #614 October Bonus Series | Pregnancy and Infant Loss with Jonathan & Peta Pitts dlvr.it/SxNmPm
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The Happy Hour #613 Made for People with Justin Earley dlvr.it/SxHdBL
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The Happy Hour #612 with Mike Todd dlvr.it/SxC2SK
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