Pathways to Parenthood (Excerpt from A Family, Maybe: Two Dads, Two Babies, and the Court Cases That Brought Us Together) by Lane Igoudin
February 26th, 2024
My earliest knowledge about gay parenting comes from, of all places, Newsweek. Back in 1996, working a student job at Stanford News Service, I picked up a glossy issue from a stack of magazines that came in, intrigued by the cover blurb, “Gay Families Come Out.” Those were different times for ...
Click, Click, Click Through My Mind by Zibby Owens (Book Excerpt)
December 6th, 2021
At first, I just couldn’t find the right words. I would open my mouth to speak and my brain would spin in circles like that unwanted rainbow swirl on a frozen computer. “It’s in the garbage,” I would answer, when asked the whereabouts of something in the garage. People’s names? Forget ...
Make Your Mess Your Message by Shari Leid (Book Excerpt)
September 9th, 2021
Excerpted from Make Your Mess Your Message by Shari Leid. Copyright © 2021 Shari Leid. Reprinted with permission from Shari Leid. Seattle, WA. All rights reserved. Chapter 49 Tiffani’s Story: Acknowledging My Adoption Trauma Born in Seoul, Korea Fun fact: Tiffani’s adoptive parents were both very fair-skinned, both six feet tall, and both very ...
Meet New Later-in-Life Dad Stephen McCall: Interview by Robin Gorman Newman, founder, MotherhoodLater.com
May 4th, 2021
Stephen McCall AGE: 43 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single RESIDENCE: Washington, D.C. AGES OF YOUR CHILDREN: 11 & 15 I am a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress. I also am a distinguished military veteran (US Air Force) and worked over 20 years in the Department of Defense as a civil servant. I was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at age ...
’True Mothers’ (Japanese movie w/subtitles): Review by Hannah Singer
January 29th, 2021
I am an adoptive mom of an 8th grader, adopted from birth, just like the adoptive parents in this movie. When I was offered to review this movie, I was somewhat reluctant. Even after all these years, I am sensitive to the situation. Basically, I didn’t want to be upset or ...
Diary of a Midlife Mom – September 2020 by Lin Griffith
September 30th, 2020
My story begins like many other women. As a little girl, I dreamed of marrying my prince charming one day, happily raising at least 4 children all while being the perfect wife and mom. Sound familiar? Fast forward about 20 years, and lo and behold, I was finding myself going through ...
Navigating Adoption Later in Life – Meet Later Mom Melissa Couch Salim, founder, Baby Buzz Adoption Advisory & Head, Houston Chapter of MotherhoodLater.com: Interview by Robin Gorman Newman, founder, MotherhoodLater.com
June 22nd, 2020
Robin: What led you to adopt? Melissa: My road to adoption was a long and winding one with many speed bumps, hills and unexpected pot holes. But I stayed the course as somehow, I knew in my heart adoption was for me. What I didn’t realize is that by the time ...
Meet Later Mom to Be Jennifer Clary
May 15th, 2019
YOUR NAME: Jennifer Clary AGE: 35 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single RESIDENCE: Los Angeles I am the co-founder and President of The Baby Box Co, which equips parents across the globe with vital education and resources timed to their child’s developmental milestones. 35% of all expecting parents in the USA, Canada, and UK register with our platform currently ...
Join The Virtual Later Moms/Dads Circle: Chat with Others!
May 1st, 2019
Want to make new parent friends and connect with women and men of your generation also raising kids? Want a place to share open, authentic conversation with wise, fun, supportive peers who have your back? MotherhoodLater.com is hosting THE LATER MOMS/DADS CIRCLE, led by Robin Gorman Newman & Melissa Couch Salim. We ...
Opportunity Seeking Starts Early by Richard Rende, PhD and Jen Prosek (Excerpted from Raising Can-Do Kids)
August 1st, 2016
So how can we foster opportunity seeking in our children? For decades, scholars have articulated a model for teaching children how to take forays into the unknown and deal with life’s uncomfortable or risky moments. Attachment theory, as it is called, dates back to the seminal work of John ...
