I hope that my children will always know this — and that they’ll know that their story, and their family, is imperfect and beautiful and evolving and alive.
Adopting and doing foster care can be lonely in the world-at-large. Very few people know what it’s like to adopt, they don’t know about bonding or attachment issues, they don’t kn…
Community support and a new treatment changed one family’s outlook on their son’s rare condition.
It's exciting to hear about a family who brings a loved and cherished child into their homes through adoption. While many are looking forward to bringing
The Family and Medical Leave Act was a huge step forward for working families, but it’s not nearly enough.
Should you consider adoption for your chilld? We'll help you create an open adoption relationship in which you feel at home: warm, welcomed and accepted.
"I took her in my arms and walked down to where the expectant family sat in the waiting room. The walk seemed to last forever."
Closed adoptions refer to a confidential placement of a child where there is no identifying informat...
“When you lose a family member and bury them, it’s closing a door,” she says. “When you place a child [in an open adoption]... You experience loss all the time.”
Learn how to address an adoption in your family tree and download family tree charts which include special options for adopted families.
Many professionals are pushing for foster-to-adoption families to build relationships with biological families, saying that maintaining those ties can benefit everyone involved.
With adoption as my option, I never considered how open it could be. In fact, my idea of “very open” wasn’t all that open at all. I never dreamed that my adoption would be where it is today.
Although I have been around adoption most of my life, I wasn’t aware until recently of the term “ado...
In essence, an open adoption keeps the lines of communication open between you, your child, and the adoptive family.
Making sense of life as a transracial, adoptive family while relishing in the sweet, sugary moments of mommyhood
When many are in the process of an adoption, they are told they need a home study. Many do not understand what a home study even is and how it works.
While adoption announcements can be a great way to notify others of your family’s growth, how should you really handle them? We wanted to give you a few tips on how to include the appropriate information at just the right time.
If you are any part of the adoption triad – birthparent, adoptive parent, or adoptee – you’ve most likely been asked some awkward or insensitive questions, even if it is just out of pure curiosity …
Why are there less “healthy” children or mild identified special needs available for international adoption? Many families come into adoption wishing to adopt a young, healthy child and it is sometimes disappointing when they realize that this is not usually … Read More