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Many grandparents are raising their grandchildren these days.

Some of you may have formally adopted your grandchild, some are going through the kinship care program of the foster care system, other might have your grandchildren living with you as your children work out their lives.

Heck, maybe it’s always been that way, I don’t know. but the stats are being collected and it's a growing phenomenon....

At least there are lots of resources available to you, the ‘Grand’ mom and dad.

Here's a quote from the National... more

Jewish families with older parents are really getting into adoption. According to Marcia Hochman, post-adoption coordinator for the Ametz Adoption Program of the Jewish Child Care Association of New York, the rate of adoption in the Jewish community is on the rise.

Hochman explained that the rate of infertility is higher in the Jewish community than in the general population. With Jews tending to marry later in life and start their families... more

They're talking adoption in Britain now, too.

In an article unfortunately titled "You've got the man and had the career: now adopt the kids," attempts to prompt older women to add a child to their family.

An acute shortage of adoptive parents has forced a leading adoption agency to seek out women and men in their forties who mistakenly believe that they are too old to qualify.

The decision by many career women to put off having children... more

Note: I accidentally posted this to the wrong blog yesterday, so I am correcting the error this morning. My apologies to all of our readers.

I found a couple more neat links today that I didn't know anything about. Here is one that I think older adoptive moms might find particularly useful. It is a message board at ivillage.com devoted entirely to older moms with younger children. There are tons and tons of threads on the board discussing just about every conceivable(bada boom bada bing)... more

Continued from the previous post ...

Ann Fessler's book "The Girls who Went Away has been a shock to me, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why this has been so. I lived the history it teaches, and even though I didn't go away and didn't relinquish my child for adoption, I was every bit as trapped as any of the girls at the time, and I, too, was... more

This morning I found this link at Let's Talk Adoption, an online radio show that is devoted to adoption topics. I'm not sure when this show aired. There is a reference to the elections and a reminder to the listening audience to get out and vote. But, I'm not sure if that was the most recent mid-term election or a previous election. Still, the content is timely and applicable to our readers no matter how recent or old the actual show may be.

The topic is older adoptive parenting. The guest... more

If you're in the mood for a rant, you can visit today's post on the International Adoption Blog where I blather on about November being National Adoption Awareness Month. The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute is marking National Adoption Awareness month with the release of a new study and a new addition of Adam Pertman's book, "Adoption Nation."

The... more

I found a cool thing while cruising the Internet this morning. It was on an adoptive mom's blog, and I found it so cool and innovative that I thought I'd share.

Here's how she explains:

On my minivan, I have an autism awareness car magnet. When we started the process to adopt from Guatemala, I went looking for one for adoption, specifically international adoption, but I couldn't find one that fit the bill.... more

It's a step in the right direction for folks in New Mexico who are wanting to adopt SN kids: Governor Bill Richardson has proposed a special needs adoption tax credit along with plans to expand support services and stipends to adoptive families. People who vote in that state may want to take a look at this and decide if it's something they'd like to actively support. Tax credits of up to $1000 per child or $1700 per family are combined with $1.5 million for the Children Youth... more