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October 2025 Adoption Stories – Legislative Updates
Hey everyone, Teesta here. It is fall, Halloween just passed, and lawmakers have been busy. Let’s talk about legislative updates worldwide for adoption!
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Kerry Tobar and the Gladney Center for Adoption: Changing the Way We Talk About Adoption
“The biggest misconception is just how people think birth parents ‘gave away’ their child and were being selfish,” says Kerry Tobar, Adoption Education Manager at the Gladney Center for Adoption. “In reality, it’s the opposite. One of my birth mom friends told me, ‘I broke my own heart. I did it because I love my…
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The Evolution of Adoption: Kerry Tobar Shares Gladney’s 140-Year Story
When people picture adoption today, they might think of families being brought together through agencies, with care for the children and intentional placement. But it wasn’t always this way.
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Adoption Education in Schools and Hospitals: The AdoptED Program
By Teesta Bhola-Shah Adoption is often misunderstood, and those misunderstandings can shape the way adoptees, professionals, and families think about it. The only way to correct these misconceptions surrounding adoption is through purposeful education. At the Gladney Center for Adoption, the AdoptED program works to do that, making sure that accurate information about adoption is…
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Adoption in August 2025: Legislative Updates
This August, several important legislative updates have made headlines, and they’re worth paying attention to if adoption has touched your life in any way. The rules that governments pass can directly affect your life if you are an adoptee, looking to adopt, or have some connection to the adoption world.
