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Our favorite links from this week featuring stories of stepparenting, adoption, foster care, surrogacy, and non-traditional families.
The terrifying truth of Marshallese Adoption.
Navigating an open adoption when your child’s birth mother is an addict.
When ‘You’re Adopted’ Is Used as an Insult.
What happens when you wait to tell your child he’s adopted.
Jessica Butler
Jessica Butler is the co-founder of Raise, stepmother of two, and adoptive mother of one. Prior to Raise, she was a writer on USA’s "In Plain Sight" and TNT’s "The Last Ship." She and her husband, writer/producer Warren Bell, co-created the Nick at Nite series "Instant Mom," based on her life as a stepmother. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and six-year-old son, Levon.