There is a ton of interest in the Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair, and for good reason. This versatile, attractive and well-made high chair is one of the best baby products on the market. Many parents have questions about the ins and outs of the Stokke Tripp Trapp, and in this post I’ll go over…

In an ideal world, all of our children would love to go to school, love to learn, love to work on their reading comprehension and writing skills, and be effortlessly talented with numbers. As a parent, it’s natural to wonder how to get your child interested in school. In reality, kids sometimes dislike studying. And there…

If you have a young kid, you know the appeal of superheroes. In this gift guide I’ll go over the best Spiderman toys for the superhero fan in your life. Spiderman ranks as one of the all-time classics. Kids today are just as into Spiderman as they were decades ago, so it’s no surprise that…

This weekend it struck me: My daughter, who is just a year old, will never know a world where there hasn’t been a woman in the White House. And until the age of 41, I’ve never known a world where there has. My kids will never live in a country where there hasn’t been a…

A child should never have to prove that they are worth loving.

This is the message behind “Stephen’s Story” – the story of a little boy who grew up in foster care and was killed months after aging out of the system, never having found a family of his own. Stephen’s story (The Child I Didn’t Adopt) has now been shared over 730,000 times on Scary Mommy and Huffington Post, as well as several other publications. What started out as one boy’s story has become a call to action, forcing us to look at the collective neglect we, as a society, are responsible for when it comes to our most vulnerable children.

This page is dedicated to providing you with resources related to foster care and adoption, in honor of Stephen and in support of all of the kids still waiting for a family in the foster care system.

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An acknowledgement for ‘Stephen’ your story has brought awareness to those who never would have otherwise known to pay attention, I’m sorry for your suffering, and send my love from this plane to yours now.