I’ve started thinking about making dolls again and out of curiosity I decided to check what was out there for sale on Etsy. I typed “black doll” in the search box…
To my surprise, a percentage of the dolls in the results were, [...]

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We have come to a time in our family when we have started to give some of our children some freedoms, some unsupervised play time. We can no longer be there wherever they go, watching them. And I’m terrified.
My younger son just turned 10 a [...]

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I follow Brazilian artist Kiusam de Oliveira on Facebook, and she posted a link to an artist supply shop in Brazil that sells a pack of crayons to paint different skin tones. I immediately searched if there was anything similar in the US and I found this in [...]

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“Childhood 5” Painting by Alemayehu Wariyo
The subject of early puberty in adopted children is a delicate one but it’s something we adoptive parents need to talk about. This phenomenon is, of course, more noticeable in girls. If you plan to adopt a girl older than [...]

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