The Making of a Grownup: Part I
April 3rd, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
One FaceTime chat later, we were on our way to Fresno to meet this baby and his parents, leaving my parent behind
Author Archives: Cheryl Klein
In the Fire
February 20th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
Repetition is part of understanding. But it is a little bit torturous to have to tell your child the story of your mother’s cremation again and again.
Dear No One, Who Are You?
January 15th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
When my four-year-old son’s daycare sent home a clip art-spangled flyer advertising a dance class that kids could take during
“As Complex as Childhood, as Complex as the World”: Author Shea Tuttle on Mister Rogers
December 4th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
"Fred Rogers reminds me, in (at least some of) the frustrating moments, to take a breath and consider what’s happening inside of my kids."
Dear Birthmother: The Full Disclosure Edition
November 21st, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
The reasons you are on that side of the adoption table and we’re on this side are mostly fucked up, not your fault or our achievement
Squeezed: Almost Making Ends Meet in American Cities
September 17th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
What does "middle class" even mean when almost no one seems to be comfortably raising a family on one or even two incomes
The Indoor Mom’s Guide to Camping
August 15th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
"Why do people camp? This feels like Christmas, where you work your ass off at work so you can work your ass off some more on 'vacation,' BUT WITHOUT A SINK."
Love and Paperwork Make a Family: Adoption Books for Parents and Kids
July 31st, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
Adoption is not like a bear raising a bird. It’s like a bear raising a bear it didn’t birth
The Red Zone
June 20th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
There’s nothing like having a set of small square teeth sink into your skin to make you question everything.
Attachment Wounds: Writer Frances Badalmenti on the Legacy of Mental Illness and the Appeal of a White Duvet
May 28th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
"There was this tremendous fear of intimacy, which was rooted in the fear of loss.... We both knew that this was going to be our story and that our story would be very powerful."