Having children – no matter how you go about it – requires quite a bit of adjustment as you find your new normal. Finding Your New Normal “Settling into parenthood or the ‘postadoption period’ can present its own difficulties for… Read More
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Adoptive Parents: Tips for Bonding with Your Child
Almost all adoptive parents have the same initial fear – will my child love me? “The reality of adoption is that we share our beloved children with another family,” says Dawn Davenport, Creating a Family. “We want them to love… Read More
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Birth Mothers: How Do You Know if Adoption is the Right Choice?
An unplanned pregnancy can be a very overwhelming experience, and it is natural to feel nervous, scared, or even angry at the situation. “It doesn’t make you a bad mother to have conflicted feelings,” says psychologist Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., A.D.H.D…. Read More
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Birth Parents: Foster Care Placement vs. Adoption
Every year in the United States, about half of all pregnancies are unplanned. And by age 45, more than half of all American women have experienced an unintended pregnancy. When confronted with an unplanned pregnancy, birth parents are often left… Read More
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Birth Parents: Choosing an Adoptive Family through an Online Ad or Facilitator
In today’s technology driven world, we rely on the Internet for much of our daily lives. We communicate at work via email, we connect with our friends and family on social media, we watch our favorite shows using applications such… Read More
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Adopting an Older Child
When considering adoption, there are several avenues to explore. Not only is there public, private, and independent adoption, but also newborn adoption, international adoption, and the adoption of older children out of foster care. The latter takes a special kind… Read More
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Adoptive Families: How Do You Refer to Biological Parents?
“For many adoptive parents, it is easy to talk about their first meeting with their child, the first day they brought her home,” says Nicole M. Callahan, National Council for Adoption. “But the questions that adopted children have do not… Read More
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Adoptive Families: Talking to Your Child about Their Birth Parents
There comes a time in every adopted child’s journey when they start to ask questions about their biological parents. “My children were born to other people,” writes Ann Brenoff, The Huffington Post. “It is natural that they should want to… Read More
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What is a Gotcha Day? Do You Celebrate a Gotcha Day?
Have you ever heard the term “Gotcha Day” and wondered what it means? Or perhaps you currently celebrate a Gotcha Day and are looking for inspiration. Either way, we have you covered. In this article, we explore the wonderful (and… Read More