The following blog was written by Brent Almond of the Designer Daddy blog.
I was speaking at an adoption expo recently as a panelist on the topic “Are You Ready To Adopt?” In sharing our story, I referenced our family album a few times, as it was such a big part of our home study process. And it struck me that a) our family album was the ultimate “Designer Daddy” project, and b) I hadn’t yet featured it on the blog.
Time to remedy that! For those of you not familiar with the adoption process, it varies if you’re adopting domestically or internationally, and if you’re going through an adoption agency or the foster care system. But in all cases, potential parents must submit to a home study, which is way more than a walkthrough to make sure electrical outlets are covered. Financial, employment, and residential histories, a physical exam, fingerprinting and background checks, letters of referral, home inspections from the fire department and several other procedures and stacks of paperwork are all part of a home study.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard (and thought), “Good grief! If biological parents had to go through this, it would completely remedy overpopulation!” While all that sounds pretty overwhelming, the most stressful and time-consuming component of our home study was creating our family album. It’s also The Most Important Thing I’ve Ever Designed. To read more, click here.
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