I get all excited about passing along good news for Boomers, but today there ain't none.

First off, it looks like most of us are going to get the short end of the inheritance stick.

Not that many in our generation would be counting on later life expenses being covered by windfalls or surprise endowments from unknown dead relatives ... that's just not our style, nor our experience with how things work on this planet ... but it would be nice, nonetheless.... more

More from a participant's experience with Jane Brown Playshops, this time a mother's take on her kids' participation:

The 2 hour playshop is designed for children ages 5 and up. After the playshop, parents are given a general wrap-up.

This particular workshop session had approximately 15 kids ages 5-8 years old, most of whom were transracially internationally adopted. Jane conducted the workshop with the help of two young adult Korean adoptees. During... more

As I sat in a room full of people who were barely breathing as they listened to Nancy Ashe describe her life devoid of relationships (as defined by “normal” people who enjoy emotional intimacy at least to some degree), I was astounded about the extent to which Nancy was describing Amy. Nancy’s depiction of her thoughts, her responses, her fear-based approach to life, her gradual “awakening” over this past decade… all were incredibly descriptive insights into my own daughter’s daily survival mode.

“Your... more

War is nasty. There is no doubt that horrible things happen during armed conflicts. Many things that occur are unintentional when it comes to civilian losses. However, when the actions that are carried out against civilians are intentional it is criminal.

During the decades long war in Guatemala that ended in the 90's many atrocities are reported to have been committed to various groups. Indigenous farmers, statesmen, women, children, all perished at the hands of criminal activity. All in all, it is said that 200,000 civilians died in the armed conflict.

Now... more

Get ready to laugh, get ready to cry. Get ready to get on the roller coaster of a blog titled, A Little Pregnant. At www.alittlepregnant.com, she has it all. The fury, the humor, the relief.

This blog was recommended to me by another blogger for a listing of infertility blogs. I had been putting off reading some of these, thinking that they might color my blogs here. I needn't have worried since my blog here is a total horse of a different color. My only advice to reading this blog is to start at the beginning. In fact, I am only up to 2004 but loving every word. I am also going to offer a word of caution. If you are feeling very... more

I am not one to boast about any of the new age movements. However the new guided meditation series for children I believe may be helpful to many troubled kids.

NewAgekids.Com states that "Meditation encourages imagination and creativity, focuses the mind, increases concentration, resolves the issues that cause nightmares, and helps with hyperactivity." www.newagekids.com

If this is true then many children can benefit from this area of self help.

They believe that in training the child to meditate it will help the child focus and learn to over come nightmares and tone down the hyperactivity. That many of the children experience.

While... more

One of the speakers at ADN’s conference, Katherine Leslie, is of the opinion that our kids don’t know how to do relationships. That is not an epiphany, per se, but it was explained in a way that made me think about things differently. I have blogged about her before, as she is the one who told us to consider our kids’ behaviors on two different scales… one measuring positive behaviors,... more

I saw an article last week, which flashed me back to November 2004 when my daughter was diagnosed with Dyslexia. Blogs on my flashback are found here and here.

I started looking for symptoms lists for Language Based Learning Disabilities. It impacts verbal communication more then most people realize. So I went back to my favorite book on the subject; Overcoming... more

It seems that there may be some technical difficulties with the "commenting" feature on the adoption blogs right now.

So, if you are trying to leave me a comment and can't, you can always email it to me at transracialadoptionblog@adoptionmail.com

Sorry for the trouble...the technical people (of which I am certainly NOT one) are working on it.

I found an excellent blog post on "Welcome to My Brain", explaining what open adoption is – and what it is not.

This article is not written specifically for foster adoption, yet I still find a great deal of the information excellent and pertinent.

As I explained in my post earlier today, you may already have an open adoption situation of sorts. If you’ve adopted from foster care you are very likely to know about the background and birth family. They may even know... more