September 30, 2015
Reflecting Upon the News: Navigating the Evolving Complexities of Adoptee Connection with Birth Family
Sunday’s Washington Post Outlook section featured two different stories about evolving adoptee connection with birth family: Read More
September 22, 2015
A Mission-Critical Website Update for Barker
A deliberate fundraising effort to obtain oft-elusive money for communications and marketing projects ultimately led to the successful launch of a brand new, mission-critical website at The Barker Adoption Foundation in September 2015 -- Read More
September 4, 2015
10 Things Birth Parents Want You to Know
When making an adoption plan, birth parents have many thoughts running through their minds. They wonder what others will think of them and their decision to place. All birth parents think of the following at some point and want everyone to know: Read More
August 31, 2015
PRIDE Training for Older Child Adoption
Are you considering adopting an older child from the foster care system? Training is a requirement for all families pursuing adoption through the foster care system but it is also a learning experience so you can have a better understanding of what your new child has been through and how to best meet their needs. Register now for the September/October PRIDE Training Session! Read More
August 31, 2015
Telling Others When You Have Decided to Make an Adoption Plan
You have decided to make an adoption plan. Your roommate(s), family, friends or coworkers may be aware of your pregnancy or that you had a baby. Naturally, they will inquire about your future plans for yourself and baby. Read More
August 31, 2015
Five Factors to Consider When Selecting an Adoption Agency
Whether you have worked through grief associated infertility, or you are now able to legally marry your partner (about time!), your decision to build your family through adoption has already been a journey. Read More
August 27, 2015
Summer 2015: It Was Enough
On the last night of my eight-year-old son's summer vacation, I scan my memory - and my Instagram feed - to see if it was enough. Read More
August 27, 2015
8 Tips to Support Your Child's Homework Experience
Children who have a history of trauma often struggle academically and the start of a new school year can trigger anxiety. One of the ways that you can support them is by making their after-school time as positive and stress free as possible. Read More
July 27, 2015
Family From the Start
Even when things don’t go exactly as planned, a Barker family shows the power of a forever family “We are her family.” Read More
July 16, 2015
Our Journey to Jianfeng
Our journey to Jianfeng would never have been possible without the efforts of so many people and organizations. He has been loved, prayed for, and cared about by everyone who has heard his name. Jianfeng’s adoption is not our story alone. Read More
June 30, 2015
Speaking Positively: Using Respectful Adoption Language
Respectful Adoption Language (RAL) is vocabulary about adoption that has been chosen to reflect maximum respect, responsibility and objectivity about the decisions made by birth parents and adoptive parents in discussing the family planning decisions they have made for children who have been adopted. Read More
June 30, 2015
Infertility and Adoption
Little girls often engage in the common childhood pastime of pretending to be pregnant, but it would be a rare individual indeed who would ever dress-rehearse infertility as a future problem. Unless individuals have pre-existing medical problems, they assume they will easily conceive a child. Read More