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2019 Gift Guide: For Your Five-Year-Old Rock Star, Raise Magazine
2019 Gift Guide: For Your Five-Year-Old Rock Star
Ideas for your Jack White wannabe who loves to rock, and loves rocks.
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2019 Gift Guide: For Your 20-Something Stepson, Raise Magazine.com
2019 Gift Guide: For Your 20-Something Stepson
Ideas for your city-dwelling stepson who plays lead guitar in a yacht rock band and…
My Sons’ Adoption and NICU Experience Left Me With Lifelong Anxiety That Destroyed My Marriage, Raise Magazine
My Sons’ Adoption and NICU Experience Left Me With Lifelong Anxiety That Destroyed My Marriage
Twenty years later, I still battle depression and anxiety, because I can’t seem to let…
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2019 Gift Guide: For Your College-Aged Stepson, Raise Magazine
2019 Gift Guide: For Your College-Aged Stepson
Ideas for your tech-loving, wise beyond his years stepson who goes to school in your…
Thanksgiving Food Fight, Raise Magazine
Thanksgiving Food Fight

More than 10% of marriages in the U.S. are interracial. That means approximately 12.2 million…

The Most Frequently Asked (And Frequently Inappropriate) Questions About My Son’s Adoption, Raise Magazine
The Most Frequently Asked (And Frequently Inappropriate) Questions About My Son’s Adoption
My son’s adoption is not a secret -- you’re reading a blog about it --…
Jessica Tyler, Raise Magazine
Life After The NICU
When we received the news we were being discharged, instead of joy, I felt anxiety…
The Adoptive Mom's Hospital Go Bag, Raise Magazine
The Adoptive Mom’s Hospital Go Bag
All the things I wish I packed when Levon was born. {shop: book/camera/lotion/boots/sweater} CAMERA In…
The First Thing You Should Do After Your Homestudy Is Approved, Raise Magazine
The First Thing You Should Do After Your Home Study Is Approved
Learn from my mistake, I beg you. Many adoption professionals advise families to refrain from…
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7 Natural Hair Care Tips for Foster & Adoptive Parents
The best practices and products for caring for natural hair. DETANGLING Methods of detangling hair…