Adoption ... for Fathers

Our two boys were older, but we wanted to visit the orphanage where they were kept until age 3. We turned it into a service project by delivering some baby blankets made by a church group in Moscow, Russia. The boys didn't really understand the concept...

I had traveled and even lived some in third-world countries. I knew the look of abject poverty, of rivers filled with the filth of litter, and even of children defecating in the streets. My business had taken me to many places. My wife had rarely been...

Twenty Things that Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parent Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge is an excellent book. It provides insight into the mental and emotional frustrations that adopted children can experience. In my own experience, the book also gave me...

International orphanages are primarily run by women. Administrators, doctors, caretakers, custodians, cooks, and nurses are women. These women can be kind and loving, but also strict disciplinarians. As orphanage children grow, they bond with caretakers...