Do not ever tell me that racism is not alive and well.
Do not ever tell me that society views adopted children as equal to birth children.
Do not ever tell me about how the racists I know, or who you have encountered are only bad apples and not indicative of systemic bias against people of colour.
Do not [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Respite
Posted in Adoption, Edumacation, Foster care, Grief, Squirt on July 27, 2008 | Comments Off
Let’s call our respite placement guy EB for Energizer Bunny shall we? Therapeutic foster care is not for the faint at heart. Most of my difficulties lie with the incredibly heart wrenching details of how these children came to need therapeutic care. The abuse, the neglect, is often too hard to think about for any [...]
Language
Posted in Adoption, Adoption industry, Adoption reform, Edumacation, Race, Venting on July 26, 2008 | Comments Off
Things that should never be said or done in reference to adoption;
Gotcha day!
Paper pregnant!
Praying for someone to relinquish their child.
Asserting yourself (adoptive parent) as being the only ’real’ parent.
Denial of issues of race in adoption.
Discounting adult adoptee voices.
Tones of entitlement.
Telling an adoptee that they are lucky.
Asking an adoptive parent intrusive questions in front of their child.
Making derisive comments [...]
Here we go…
Posted in Adoption, Foster care, Mental health on July 18, 2008 | Comments Off
First placement starts today! It’s only a week of respite, but it is therapeutic foster care (with a TEENAGER!), so what a way to get our feet wet!
I’m kind of nervous.
In an excited sort of way!
Mara – here we go
