FUN Family featured in local newspaper

Kenny and Wendi Rogers are one of FUN’s home study families. They currently have 10 children, 4 biological and 6 adopted. They were recently interviewed for their local newspaper. Check it out here.

Placing vs. Giving Up

When placing a child for adoption it is exactly that, placing. This is the term used by professionals because when an adoption plan is created it is does not mean that the birth parents do not care for and love their child. Birth parents did not give up their child, but rather they are placing their child in the hands and hearts of someone who will care for their child in ways they cannot.  The words “giving up” would have been an apt way to describe adoption processes throughout history, where there would no longer be contact and was commonly done without the birth parent’s informed decision. This is a different view of adoption, one that professionals have tirelessly worked to turn into the open and honest process that it is today. Here is a video about “placing” versus “giving up”:

Did My first mother love me?

This is a book by Kathryn Ann Miller that we recommend for all adoptive families to read to their adoptive children. It is written in the form of a birth mother’s letter to her baby before she was born. It describes all the wonderful things she wanted for her baby that she could not provide so as much she loved her baby girl, she made the hard decision to place her with a family that could. Then, in the back of this children’s book it gives advice on how to discuss adoption with your child when they reach the questioning stages. To find the book please follow this link:  Did My First Mother Love Me?

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Birthmother Series

Hillary Jones, a photographer, has a series entitled the Birthmother.  They are real birth moms who have experienced what it is like to place a child. The series is made up of photos of birth mom’s and their feelings toward their adoption.It is important to note that each case is very unique and not all families will cooperate in the same fashion as the ones seen here. Families United ensures that families reach an agreement about contact prior to placement and forward photos through the agency at least once a year until the child is 18 years old.

Link to full photo series