Let Them Eat Baked Beans – is there something in the UNICEF report for us all?

After several years of struggle we were lucky enough to get help from a brilliant social worker specialising in fostered and adopted children.  If I could boil his message down into one easily digestible mouthful it was this: spend every moment you can with your children, it will help them to feel secure and will …

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Adopting Abroad: Saira’s Story

As a battle-hardened parent of two adopted children (my husband Rob and I adopted from UK social services in 2002) I watched the documentary on BBC 2  ‘Adopting Abroad: Saira’s Story’ with mixed feelings.  I identified with Saira and her husband Steve’s yearning to complete their family.  Yet I felt uneasy with her insistence on finding a baby amongst those left by poor …

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Gifted Children

A beautiful friend once complained to me how difficult life can be for the highly attractive.  Apparently it is akin to being rich; one tends to be judged on one’s bountiful gifts and not on one’s inner qualities.  It was hard to dredge up any feelings of sympathy.  I was reminded of this moment when I listened to Woman’s …

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