PARENTING ADVICE

My Roaches Are My Children

Why Elizabeth and I chose to adopt

Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash (All Other Images by Erik Karits on Unsplash Edited by the Author)

Elizabeth had her heart set on buying a Madagascar hissing cockroach from a breeder in Pennsylvania. I couldn’t bring myself to do this. Why buy when there are so many neglected insects in desperate need of a forever home?