by David Grislis | Jan 6, 2017 | Adoption & Foster Care
It can be rough forging an emotional connection with foster and adopted children, but it’s an important part of the process to making them feel comfortable. Step one, of course, is to establish who you are and why you’re now in the child’s life. Though you have...
by David Grislis | Dec 22, 2016 | Adoption & Foster Care
The love of a family, a “forever home,” and a sense of belonging — these are the sensations we celebrate every November 19th on National Adoption Day. In the United States, there are over a hundred thousand children in foster care waiting for a permanent...
by David Grislis | Jun 9, 2016 | Adoption & Foster Care
The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs reports that, nationwide in the United States, Native American children were represented in the foster care systems of their respective states at a rate that is two and a half times greater than their presence in the general...
by David Grislis | Apr 11, 2016 | Adoption & Foster Care
There are so many ways to show how adopting and fostering can impact a child’s life, but here are some people who were adopted or fostered, who in turn influenced us all: Marilyn Monroe was abandoned by her biological mother who was not emotionally capable of...
by David Grislis | Sep 17, 2015 | Adoption & Foster Care
Father, Chris Emanuel is recently underwent the fight of the century to get his daughter back from adoption. Skylar Emanuel, Chris’s daughter was put up for adoption by her mother without Chris’s knowledge and now begins the struggle to gain back his child. The...