I wrote a couple of days ago about a court decision in Canada that came down against a birth father's rights, and today the Vancouver Sun takes the story further.

Taking no issue with the Supreme Court Judge, suggesting that any other ruling would have, "rendered superfluous the specific sections of the act that detail when a birth father must be notified," the article instead points out serious flaws in the adoption act and calls... more

Parents with kids diagnosed with ADHD may find some help in a new guide to ADHD drugs released this week by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association.

Soleil Gregg of the advocacy group Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, says, "I think this guide provides some very balanced information about risks, benefits and how to judge what is best for your child ... whether that includes drug treatment or not."

The guide addresses parental concerns like risk of addiction, side effects both... more

Seems these days that just about everything I read ends up having something to do with children/adoption/orphans in one way or another.

I wrote the other day on my personal blog a back-handed tribute to Marcel Maceau ... back-handed only because I am so not a fan of mime ... but learn today that as part of his work in the French Resistance during WWll he evacuated Jewish children hidden in a Paris orphanage to Switzerland.

He... more