Our Adoption Internet Radio

Ah yes, positive adoption language. Not many people outside of the adoption community know just how upsetting it can be when a stranger comes up and talks adoption while unknowingly using negative language. In this episode we go over some of the positive adoption language and how to better use it when talking to others and especially to your children. We also let Kim rant a bit about a small snag in out adoption process, so hopefully she'll let Bryan off the hook for a while.

In episode 5 Kim and Bryan talk about their favorite adoption books. We separated our list into two categories, books geared more towards adults and those intended for children. As usual Kim went above and beyond creating a list that left Bryan thinking he needed to do quite a bit more reading. So have a listen and see if your favorite made our list or maybe you'll find a new book to place on your wish list.

Here are some of the links mentioned in our show.

Center for Adoption Support and Education Store

Half The Sky

In our fourth episode we chat about our latest homestudy and let you in on all the fun times you get to have when your social worker visits your house. While this is our third time around we still get nervous every time our homestudy comes due and make the frantic dash to clean, clean, clean, as if the social worker will pull out a white glove to check for any signs of dust on every surface, including over the door. So take a listen, enjoy, and if you have any questions or comments, please e-mail us at [email protected]

For episode 3 Bryan and Kim talk about the importance of choosing an adoption agency, how to get information about various agencies, and things to consider when choosing an agency.

Please feel free to e-mail any questions to [email protected] or post to the comments section of this post. We will be happy to answer them in an on air podcast.

Here are links to some of the websites mentioned in episode 3

Intercountry Adoption - Bureau of Consular Affairs

Rainbow Kids

Adoptive Families Magazine

In our second episode we decided to take a lighter route and discuss our top five movies that are about adoption or have adoption in them. We kept our list separate from one another and were both a bit surprised when we only had two overlapping choices. Here are links to the movies we mentioned in this episode, I'm sure you can find these where you rent or purchase your movies, so take a look and find some great adoption movies to fill your movie night.

Bryan's list

5. Disney's Tarzan

4. The Ten Commandments

3. Casa de los babys

2. Martian Child

1. Superman

Kim's list

5. Wo Ai Ni Mommy

4. The Blind Side

3. Disney's Tarzan

2. Martian Child

1. Juno

We also listed a few honorable mentions that I have not included in this list. Hey, I have to keep something secret so you'll listen.

In our first episode we let you in to join us on our journey to grow our family through the miracle of adoption. We introduce ourselves and let you in on why and how we've decided to adopt. Join us for this miracle of a journey.