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Summer memories
We took a much needed hiatus from regular life last week, escaping to a cabin on the edge of a lake from my childhood that I really love....
Lauren Flynn
Jul 26, 20205 min read
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Adopting kids with disabilities from the foster care system: a step-by-step guide
Down syndrome. Autism. Cerebral Palsy. Intellectual disabilities. G-tube. Tracheotomy. Wheelchair. These terms often scare the shit out...
Lauren Flynn
Jul 15, 20204 min read
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July is Disability Pride Month, and I'm a really, really proud mom.
I literally JUST had a dumb exchange/fight with a stupid person on Facebook about the term "disabled". The guy was trying to tell me that...
Lauren Flynn
Jul 13, 20204 min read
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To my fellow foster and adoptive parents on the really hard days...
To the young new parents facing the last week with their baby girl, the one who made them parents in the first place. I see you trying to...
Lauren Flynn
Jun 28, 20203 min read
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Adjusting
It sneaks up on you. One day they're struggling, angry and stressed, not sleeping well. They have tantrums every hour (or every five...
Lauren Flynn
Jun 27, 20202 min read
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Teens: the best kept secret of foster care and adoption
I drove over to a friend's house today. They've been carefully quarantining and they are foster parents for a 16 year old young lady who...
Lauren Flynn
Jun 22, 20204 min read
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Pssssttt: If you've been thinking about foster parenting, this is the sign you've been waiting for.
We have a 14 year old girl; she's from Cleveland but we're looking all over the state because we can't find anyone. She's been in 5...
Lauren Flynn
Jun 15, 20203 min read
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Good enough really is enough
We got out into the world today. I had tried to plan an outing that was fun for both me and the two youngest (I wish I could get my...
Lauren Flynn
Jun 12, 20204 min read
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On Disability and Community
Julian and I went to the Children's hospital for his EEG today. A routine appointment and just a precaution as he is seizure free, thank...
Lauren Flynn
Jun 12, 20203 min read
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White parents: anti-racism work is a prerequisite to foster and adoptive parenting
If you are white and are considering becoming a foster or adoptive parent, there's one area of learning that is more important than...
Lauren Flynn
Jun 2, 20202 min read
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Let's talk about ableism
After our son Julian came home, my partner and I realized that there's this weird thing that happens when your child has a visible...
Lauren Flynn
May 27, 20203 min read
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On brotherhood...
I think that every parent probably gets emotional about their kids becoming older siblings. Eli has always been an amazing big brother....
Lauren Flynn
May 20, 20204 min read
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Your child has another mother: This Mother's Day, make sure she's not forgotten.
There's always going to be another excuse. To judge. To think less than. Sometimes it's valid. She may have hurt your child, terribly and...
Lauren Flynn
May 8, 20202 min read
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Book Review! Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
As a foster and now adoptive Mama and a lover of books, I am always looking for new books on foster care, adoption, attachment and...
Lauren Flynn
May 8, 20202 min read
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To all the people who pity my disabled kiddo: please cut the shit
When we're out in public with Juls and we meet new people, it often comes up in conversation that he was adopted (as a multiracial...
Lauren Flynn
May 5, 20203 min read
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Family Profile on Adoptuskids.org
Hi guys! While I was cleaning up my saved paperwork on my computer I came across the family profile from my adoptuskids.org account. This...
Lauren Flynn
May 1, 20205 min read
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Things I've learned from joining a support group for foster and adoptive parents
Before I started foster parenting, EVERYONE harped on the one MOST IMPORTANT THING I needed to do: Find support from other foster and...
Lauren Flynn
May 1, 20203 min read
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On parenting an older child who struggles with mental health
There’s this X Ambassadors song that one of my past foster sons and I used to love to sing together whenever it came on the radio. Our...
Lauren Flynn
Apr 22, 20202 min read
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Thoughts on "the right time" to start foster parenting
*I wrote this piece right after getting licensed for the first time, 4 years ago. It sat on my computer until I found it recently; a...
Lauren Flynn
Apr 22, 20203 min read
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If watching The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez made you sad, please do more than just post about it.
Ever since the Netflix documentary on the horrifying abuse and murder of 8 year old Gabriel Fernandez went live, everybody has been all...
Lauren Flynn
Apr 18, 20203 min read
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