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The path to parenthood can be diverse, and adoption offers a beautiful opportunity to build a loving family. For those on the Buddhist path, adoption aligns with core Buddhist values of compassion, kindness, and creating a safe haven for those in need. This guide explores navigating the adoption journey as a Buddhist family, highlighting the potential support an adoption agency and a Buddhist center can offer. Let’s get started! Exploring Adoption as a Buddhist Family Here are some ways to explore adoption as a Buddhist family: 1. Understanding Your Motivations and Core Values: Before embarking on the adoption journey, take time for self-reflection as a couple or individual. Buddhist teachings emphasize mindfulness and intentionality. Explore your motivations for adoption and ens...

With half term behind us, it’s time to start planning to fill that vast gulf of time for parents, the summer holidays. Most of us want to treat our kids to unforgettable experiences in the summer holidays, but it takes effort to make them happen. Today, let’s take a look at a few plans, adventures and cheap outdoor games that are a little off the beaten path for family days out (and days in too!). Exploring New Cities Day trips can follow a depressingly predictable route: a zoo, museum or working farm. Wherever you go, you see pretty much the same thing. Entertaining and improving, but not different. With the right resources, you can make exploring the streets and history of a new city into a family adventure your kids won’t forget in a hurry. A modern scavenger hunt - like a Treasure...