About Adoption: Holidays Offer Special Opportunities

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Adoption Adoption Adoption Basics Parenting Advice Foster Care From Carrie Craft, your Guide to Adoption Holidays offer foster and adoptive parents the opportunity to build attachment with a child, but also to strengthen bonds they might already have with birth family. Don't forget to continue to work on your foster or adoptive child's lifebook and to look for opportunities to mentor birth family, if you are a foster parent. Important Pieces to Include in a Child's Lifebook This article is about the "biggies" to include in a lifebook, but don't forget the fun stuff too. Remember as you go out trick-or-treating to take lots of pictures of your children. These pictures would make a great addition to your child's lifebook. Foster Parents Work with Birth Family to Aid Reunification Have you considered speaking to your foster child's social worker about birth mom or dad attending your foster child's school Halloween party or other Halloween events? Share your experiences mentoring birth family. Kristin Chenoweth an Adoptee Who Gives Back I didn't know this, but one of my favorite Glee actresses, Kristin Chenoweth, is an adoptee and according to People Magazine interested in adopting one day. The 42-year-old Chenoweth... Read more Find Me on Facebook and offer advice, insight and ideas on a variety of topics relating to adoption and foster care! Adoption / Foster Care Ads Adoption Adoption Birth Index Babies for Adoption Foster Care Adoption Cost of Adoption Featured Articles Get Ready for Halloween! How to Be a Great Foster Parent African American Hair Styles Adoption Search & Reunion Join the Community Talk with Members of the Adoption Triad   More from About.com Is it a Cold or the Flu? Knowing whether you have a cold or the flu can help you treat your symptoms more effectively. More > Concerned About Your Drinking? This short quiz can help you identify whether or not you have a drinking problem. Take the quiz now > This newsletter is written by: Carrie Craft Adoption Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Adoption newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   What Do You Think? Parenting Book: Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control What Advice Would You Offer to Those Considering Foster Care If I Could Change the Foster Care System I Would... Advertisement