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    Adoption myth-busting... #YouCanAdopt
    Daddy
    • 3 min

    Adoption myth-busting... #YouCanAdopt

    This week marks the launch of the 2020 national adoption recruitment campaign... #YouCanAdopt...
    Bribes and punishments. Do they work?
    Daddy
    • 7 min

    Bribes and punishments. Do they work?

    Did I mention Lyall and Rich like to squabble? Relentlessly? Like every moment they have together? Find out more here!
    Books | The Blanket Bears
    Daddy
    • 3 min

    Books | The Blanket Bears

    Sam's beautiful new children's book, The Blanket Bears follows the adoption journey of two neglected little bears...
    Talking to the boys about their memories
    Daddy
    • 2 min

    Talking to the boys about their memories

    Richard's earliest memory is eating custard doughnuts on a beach on holiday when he was three. Probing deeper into Richard's memory...
    The adoption process - part five
    Daddy
    • 4 min

    The adoption process - part five

    Here it is folks; the final part of our adoption application process and the prequel to the very beginning of the Daddy & Dad story almost..
    Daddy & Dad talk adoption with BuzzFeed
    Daddy
    • 1 min

    Daddy & Dad talk adoption with BuzzFeed

    See Daddy & Dad and a nice little cameo from the boys in the latest BuzzFeed UK videos about parenting (sponsored by Calpol). Enjoy!
    Adoption Panel - The biggest interview of your life!
    Daddy
    • 5 min

    Adoption Panel - The biggest interview of your life!

    We've all been there... the dreaded job interview. All those antiquated techniques you learned in the careers room at school are dredged...
    The adoption process - part four
    Daddy
    • 6 min

    The adoption process - part four

    In part three, Tom and I were recommended for adoption by the panel and, sure enough a couple of weeks later a formal letter arrived from...
    Adopting Siblings... Double Trouble?
    Daddy
    • 4 min

    Adopting Siblings... Double Trouble?

    This is a throwback to a blog post written in 2018! Enjoy x There’s no denying the fact that being a parent is hard work, right? On one...
    The adoption process - part three
    Daddy
    • 4 min

    The adoption process - part three

    After our final assessment visit from Michelle, things went quiet for a couple of weeks. The assessment had been intrusive and demanding...
    The adoption process - part two
    Daddy
    • 5 min

    The adoption process - part two

    Above: Our nephews from Nordhorn in Germany who helped us with our assessment 💙 Find part one by clicking here The grand assessment...
    The adoption process – part one
    Daddy
    • 7 min

    The adoption process – part one

    I started producing the Daddy & Dad blog shortly after Lyall and Rich ‘moved in’ back in 2014, after our adoption process had reached its...
    Adopting Siblings – National Adoption Week 2017
    Daddy
    • 5 min

    Adopting Siblings – National Adoption Week 2017

    National Adoption Week 2017 (October 16th-22nd) focused on adopting siblings. There are thousands of adorable little sibling groups...
    Routine
    Daddy
    • 4 min

    Routine

    It’s 20 minutes before the head teacher, Mr Hovers, rings his huge bell right into my unsuspecting face (not a euphemism, naughty),...
    LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week – 7-13 March 2016
    Daddy
    • 3 min

    LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week – 7-13 March 2016

    This isn’t strictly a new blog post (slapped wrist) but rather an article that I put together recently for LGBT family network New Family...
    Stepping into the unknown
    Daddy
    • 5 min

    Stepping into the unknown

    Question (Beyoncé fans of a certain age raise their hand): Is it okay or not to leave the children in the car at the petrol station while...
    The end of a long adoption process
    Daddy
    • 5 min

    The end of a long adoption process

    (Warning – there is some awful bad language in this blog update, if you’re of an easily offended persuasion, skip the first bit) Here I...
    One year of Daddy and Dad
    Daddy
    • 3 min

    One year of Daddy and Dad

    Heavens. (Oo I sound just like Grannie Jean. Hi Jean *waves). It’s already April 2015 and officially twelve months into our adoption...
    The introduction, part two
    Daddy
    • 2 min

    The introduction, part two

    Find part one here. The front door of the foster home opened; it was the boys’ foster carer, Lindsey, sporting a huge smile and reaching...
    The introduction, part one
    Daddy
    • 2 min

    The introduction, part one

    Arriving half an hour early, we parked the car in a lay-by just around the corner from Lyall and Richard’s foster home. It was a sunny...
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