This guest post was written by Brittany Kellerman. [Photo: Mark Holm for the NYT] The New York Times published an article on January 26, 2013 entitled "Focus on Preserving Heritage Can Limit Foster Care for Indians" by Dan Frosch. The article discusses the impact that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 continues to [...]
This guest blog post was written by Johanna Zabawa. Group pays drug addicts to get sterilized or receive long-term birth control, sparks criticism: Founder launched group after adopting four children from a crack addict. [Photo from the Project Prevention Facebook page] On May 9, 2012, Rheana Murray, with the New York Daily News published an [...]
This guest blog post was written by Ryan Lewsander. Right now the Minnesota Supreme Court is tasked with making a tragic choice: who will they rip two children away from, their prospective adoptive family, or their biological grandmother and extended family in Georgia? The sad drama of this case is documented compellingly in Olivia LaVecchia's [...]
Adoptive Families Magazine online featured an article in their Circle forum by Jane Brown, an adoptive parent well known for her workshops for adoptive families, on why race matters for a transracially adopted child. In many ways the article was actually a lesson in why race matters for transracial adoptive parents. There are many adoptive [...]
The HuffPost Live blog aired a show on transracial adoption. Featured guests include an adult transracial adoptee, Rachel Noerdlinger, adoptive parent Mindy Smith, researcher Darron Smith and Toni Oliver from the National Association of Black Social Work (NABSW). You can watch the episode on the HuffPost Live website or below.
Last week a local news organization, The City Pages, published a feature article about a contested adoption case that the Minnesota Supreme Court is reviewing. As with many of these cases, this story highlights systems issues in child welfare, the tension between biological family and foster families, racial differences, interjurisdictional placements between states and the [...]
Last Friday it was announced that the Supreme Court would hear the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, also known as the Baby Veronica case. This highly contested and controversial case may be a watershed moment in determining the strength of the Indian Child Welfare Act. For a detailed summary of the case from [...]
Over the past few days, several articles have reported this story about an Indian family living in Norway whose children were placed in foster care, sparking accusations of racial and cultural prejudice. According to The Telegraph article that was published today, Norway has accused the parents of over-feeding their children and allowing them to co-sleep. [...]