LETTER FROM A BIRTH MOTHER

by Latoya Sinclair July 24th is my son’s birthday. He turned 7 this year and it pains me because I know he is no longer just a baby, but a big boy who is growing into his own personality. What hurts me is that I am not able to hear his voice; I haven’t heard […]

RECENT ARTICLES BY AND ABOUT BIRTH MOTHERS

Amy Silverman, Spence-Chapin’s Assistant Director of Birth Parent Services, recommends recent articles by and about birth mothers in Newsweek and The New York Times. “I am all too aware of the stigma and misunderstanding experienced by our birth parent clients.  The general public continues to have outdated notions of adoption.  Few people realize that ethical […]

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