In China, Holt staffer Chris Zhen prepares many older children before they join their adoptive families in the U.S. Here, he shares insights from a recent visit with two older girls, now home with their families in Los Angeles, [...]
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Share An interview with Steve Kalb, Holt’s camp director and post-adoption services social worker. Every year, Steve organizes and designs curriculum for Holt’s six adoptee camps, now held in Oregon, Iowa, Georgia, California, Wisconsin and New Jersey. He also assists with background information requests and birth search counseling. Steve is a Holt International adoptee, born in [...] Share
Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children. Read more of Jane’s post adoption blogs by clicking here. by Jane Ballback, Holt Adoptive Mom Unlike the day we picked [...] Share Shane and Angel Moffitt have adopted twice through Holt’s China Child of Promise program for children with minor to moderate special needs – Holt’s most popular track to adopt from China. The first time was easy. The second time was anything but. by Robin Munro, Senior Writer Introducing Jaili Joi Moffitt. Lightning struck. And everyone fell in [...] Share by Jane Ballback Of the three of my adopted children, Stacee has always been the most curious and connected to her Asian roots. She began a very creative exploration process of what it meant to be Asian when she entered junior high. If you know anything about adolescent development, this is not at all surprising. Every [...] Share Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children. Read more of Jane’s post adoption blogs by clicking here. If you’ve been reading my blogs, you will know how much I love photography. I had my children photographed many times [...] Share Adoptive parent Jane Ballback discusses internationally adopted children’s need for perfectionism As you read the title of this blog, you are probably thinking, what in the world is she going to talk about? Adoptive parents might be offended by this title, implying that somehow adoption was a “second-best” option. That is not what [...] Share Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children. Read more of Jane’s post adoption blogs by clicking here. All young children have some trouble expressing their true emotions. I think this is [...] Share Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children. Read more of Jane’s post adoption blogs by clicking here. by Jane Ballback Since my children are Korean and look different from my husband and myself, I’m often [...] Share As children grow into late adolescence and early adulthood, I think all parents are probably curious about how their children have felt about their own childhood. Often children don’t think about it or don’t have a way to express their experiences. To my complete surprise, our daughter Stacee wrote about herself and our family in her [...] |
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