The Cradle Blog
March 10,2017
In 2014, I walked into my position as a work-study intern for The Cradle completely new to the whole “adoption thing.” When I thought of adoption, I pictured families journeying to far-off countries to bring their children home, or young adults searching for birth parents who have been absent their whole lives. About certain aspects I wasn’t far off.
February 10,2017
NBC’s This Is Us contains one of the most poignant adoption stories to hit TV. It is real and raw, not idealized. The weekly one-hour dramedy depicts the complexity of adoption, with all its beauty, hardships and confusing emotions.
June 27,2016
The much-anticipated sequel to Finding Nemo was every bit as exciting, adorable and fun as we hoped it would be. There were plenty of goofy characters and cute baby animals to keep us laughing through the end.
May 20,2016
Sam Spengler is an editorial work-study student from Northwestern University. Over her past year and a half at The Cradle, she has seen and learned about the adoption process first-hand.
February 22,2016
The evening of February 18th was one of the highlights of my professional career. It was the kick-off event to our multi-year series Our Children, and we started with a tough topic that needs to be discussed. I couldn't be more excited!
October 28,2015
Just saw this question in a popular advice column Ask Amy and had to add our 2 cents.
August 31,2015
Moriah and Vic Garcia are going through the adoption process. They're sharing what they learn along the way through their personal blog.
August 11,2015
Tylenol is running a very cool, very powerful, very relevant campaign called #HowWeFamily.
June 16,2015
Media is obsessed with adoption stories. Really, obsessed.
So many stories have either an adoption plot or at least a side bar that draws in adoption. And that would be OK—if they could get it right. The problem is they rarely do.
May 22,2015
Leading up to Mother's Day earlier this month, WCIU's You and Me This Morning interviewed first time moms about their experiences at home with their children. Two Cradle moms, Wendy Willis and Jessica Murnane, were interviewed for the special! Watch below.
May 13,2015
The Cradle had the great fortune of sponsoring Mei Kelly for her Senior Studies project at Evanston Township High School. Adopted at nine months old from Southern China, Mei wants to share the stories of adopted teens in the U.S. today.
April 29,2015
There has been a flurry of news lately regarding states’ rights, adoption and same-gender families. While it is fine for adults to debate where the line between church and state may lie, and what should be legal and what not, it is concerning to us as child welfare professionals that too often the rights of the child are being short-changed.
March 22,2015
Adoption storylines have always been very popular in the movies and on TV. The recent release of Disney's Annie is just a current example. It's actually rather amazing how often an adoption theme works its way into movies - even cartoons aimed at the toddler crowd.
October 29,2014
Adoption storylines have become very popular on TV these days. On Glee, a birth mom is pretending to change her image and hoping to somehow reclaim custody of the child she placed for adoption.