A BBC programme about siblings separated in the care system hit the headlines recently (well, a few months ago!) and seemed to cause a bit of an uproar in the press about the unfairness, but then equally as quickly seems to have been forgotten again. …

Imagine if when a person walks out the room, they are gone for an indeterminate length of time. Could be forever. Not just a specific person, but every person you know. Now imagine if when you drop an item you own and look away from it, it disappears for an…

No, this isn’t an article about the statistical method of linear regression. It’s about something much more complicated than that. This is about the curious situations that occur when a child regresses, i.e. returns in body and mind to an age that can be much younger than they are now…

A recent article on a BBC radio show about a disruption in an adoptive family has caused a kerfuffle on social media among adoptees especially, according to a podcast I’ve just heard. I’ve heard the article myself (can’t find a link sorry), and was pretty surprised too. There are many…

My first listicle, I’m really getting into this blogging thing. As adoption is expressed in many different forms throughout the world and throughout history, there is understandably a lot of confusion about what it actually entails. …

I think in some parts of the world, and even in the UK among adopters and adopted people of a certain age, there is a surprise that adopted children nowadays have contact with their birth family. It certainly never was the case last century in the UK. Back then the…

#YouCanAdopt Look at me, I’ve used a hashtag. Didn’t even know what one was until this year. I’m very much an analogue dad. Who has time for social media when you’re an adopter? In the UK it is National Adoption Week this week. This is where the adoption agencies try…

Well that’s a big question. Perfect for someone as unqualified and self-interested as myself. In fact I’ve rewritten this post a couple of times as I keep going round in circles! In the UK at least, you have two competing ideals: the traditional (some might say sacrosanct) Victorian Western idea…

My son is just getting into music really. By that I mean starting to know what he likes, but also appreciate the artistry and skill that goes into something regardless of whether he likes it or not. And he often has some very insightful observations. Wish he’d bloody bother to…