Raise The Conversation

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Our favorite links from this week featuring stories of step parenting, adoption, foster care, surrogacy, and non-traditional families.

How Two Families Are Navigating Open Adoption After Foster Care.

Elizabeth Banks Still Feels Judged Using A Surrogate.

What Should I Do with My Unused Embryos?

A Half-Million Reasons Why You Should Talk To Your Child About Foster Care.

Waiting For Our Family’s Adoption To Be Complete.

I Got Pregnant With Triplets But Could Only Keep One.

Examining the Double Standards of Single Parenthood.

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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.