Do your older adopted children ever make you feel like you are screwed if you do or screwed if you don’t? Because that is exactly how I felt last night. My butt was chewed off because we refused to “loan” a large amount of money, and for the tone I used a week prior to that, when I also declined a request for a sum of money. About 18 months ago, I was chewed up and spit out for all the help I had given because it apparently wasn’t given correctly.

You know, we still have eight children at home who we are supporting. Super Dad informed them that he had been working 60 hours a week in order to get some bills paid off. Alas, that wasn’t good cause, and somehow it was turned around into... more

I’m still mulling this over, having received feedback on my blog on privacy, and read the feedback on Nancy’s blog that indicates many people believe talking about adult children and their issues violates their privacy. I’m not sure what I think.

I do believe that children have a right to privacy and that right continues to grow and expand as the child matures. But I have a hard time pinpointing where the parent’s experience and story ends and where the adult child’s story... more

I’ve been sharing some of the challenges involved with our rebellious 19 year old daughter. She left home quite angry the month she turned 18, so it has now been a year. In our daughter’s mind, we had become the bad guys. Because she moved out and was the youngest of the sibling group that we adopted, there hasn’t been an opportunity for us to see their birth family.

However, on Sunday, there was an opportunity for me to discuss “R’s” choices with her paternal grandparents. Our granddaughter turned two and her mother, who is... more

We are all hopeful that our children will grow into independent, self-supporting adults with satisfying careers. Can this still be our hope if our child is learning disabled? Will it be possible for our learning disabled child to actually get hired? If they are hired, can they keep a job once their employer realizes they are disabled? Should our children tell potential employers that they are disabled?

Many children with LD have difficulty with time management and with social nuances. Help your child prepare for a job interview... more

Did you ever dream about your child walking in your shoes, maybe even going to the same college you attended? Have you given up your dreams of a college education because your child was diagnosed as learning disabled? While your learning disabled child may not earn a doctorate, a college education may still be an option.

Anne Ford, in her new book, “On Their Own” explores the higher educational possibilities for your learning disabled child. While your child may not be capable of earning the degree, you once dreamed about,... more

Can my learning disabled child get married? Who would consider marrying a person with LD? Should I, as a parent discourage or encourage my learning disabled child’s thoughts about marriage? Who will take care of my adult LD child when I die, if there is no marriage?

Anne Ford covers these and many other questions in her new book, “On Their Own.” Luckily, our LD daughter is only 13, so we have a few years to think about these issues before we have to make any decisions. I don’t think, before reading the book that I really thought... more

Yesterday, we became grandparents for the second time and we ourselves have an eight month old daughter. Super Grandpa took becoming a grandfather really hard after the first grandbaby but you can see in the photo that he's pretty pleased now. Since you are reading this on an adoption blog I’m sure you’ve guessed how we managed to be grandparents and new parents at the same time; it is through the glory of adoption. We have a beautiful twenty-four year old daughter that we adopted nine years ago when she was fifteen... more