Parenting > Adoption
Beautiful! An adoption mom’s birth story
As with birth stories, every adoption story is unique. We adopted our first child nine years ago. This ...
How a birth mother’s sacrifice became our joy
My daughter's birth mother was thankful. I didn’t want her gratitude. Not at all. I was the one ...
Attachment in adoption, part 2: Learning to dance
Attachment is something that you have to work towards and that grows over time, even if the love ...
Gone without a trace: The shocking fate of SA’s abandoned children
What becomes of our “lostboys" and girls (who clearly are not in Neverland), and why do those in ...
Attachment in adoption, part 1: ‘Prepared, not scared’
Attachment refers to, according to a former supervisor of mine, Dr Christelle Blunden, the "dance that develops between ...
Our biological children gave us permission to adopt
Adoption is fraught with uncertainties. Our children changed how we would make our choice ...
World Adoption Day: What happens next?
Adoption – whilst being the miracle that it is – is one of those things that as a ...
World Adoption Day 2015: Celebrate with these 15 families
We celebrate the power and beauty of family brought together through adoption with this photo gallery ...
Why I am celebrating World Adoption Day
This year, miraculously, I can finally join so many other adoptive families and say: “Happy World Adoption Day, ...
Yesterday, today, tomorrow – adoption completes the circle
Adoption facilitates the creation of a new present, a new future and it also re-writes the past - ...
Welcoming an angel to the clan
When I discovered at age 18 that I could not have kids due to a genetic condition, I ...
I’m just a mom
You see, I didn’t choose adoption to be selfless. I chose it because I wanted children. It was ...
The privilege of being black adoptive parents
I dreamed of the day we’d receive our call about a baby we had been matched with. It ...
Maternity leave for all
Adoptive parents want South African law to change to ensure compulsory maternity leave for primary caregivers
The 7-year adoption wait
It has taken us seven years to get past one long detour that seemed to take us off ...
All about adopting an older child
You as a parent are the key to 'rewiring' your adopted child, helping them to know that they ...
Yes, these kids belong to me
Life is interesting when you don’t look like your kids and they don’t look like you. No, we ...
Can you love a child?
Adoption takes a life out of a rubbish bin, off a sidewalk or away from the evils of ...
Our adoption story: Three and counting
Our “one adopted, one biological child” plan has changed a bit. Like life in general, we’ve come to ...
Blessed through adoption – a mother’s testimony
Deciding to have a baby is a huge decision. Deciding to adopt is an even bigger decision. This ...
