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Home How to Adopt Foster & Adoption Open Adoption Parenting States International Financial Transracial Pregnant? Search Home How to Adopt Foster & Adoption Open Adoption Parenting States International Financial Transracial Pregnant? Search Search How Much Does It Cost to Adopt? For families beginning their adoption journey, there are many questions. Is foster care, domestic, or international adoption the right fit? How long will the process take? How long before a match is received... Jennifer Jones April 13, 2019 Adoption Events The year of 2020 has been full of changes. We have learned this year, perhaps more than ever, how flexible we must be sometimes. The world of events has dwindled down to a virtual experience for most... Katie Reisor 6 months ago What Is Open Adoption? If you are new to the world of adoption, you may not be familiar with open adoption or how common it has become. Years ago, it was normal and expected for adoptions to be completely closed. However, with... Leslie Bolin December 12, 2019 An Open Adoption Needs Open Communication The words “open adoption” can bring up many emotions and questions. Open adoptions allow for some sort of contact with the children’s biological family and the child(ren). The attorneys can complete and... Heather Pietras-Gladu 4 months ago Open Adoption Facts What is open adoption? In researching modern-day adoptions, the terms you will likely hear often are open and closed adoptions but what are the facts of open adoption? Closed adoptions are less common these... Marcy Pederson 2 months ago Closed Adoption: Honoring Your Mother Learn how to honor your birth mother through a closed adoption. May is the month we celebrate motherhood, and you might be wondering just how to honor your birth mother. Closed adoptions can be hard on both you and... Kandice Confer 0 views What Is The Right Decision? You’ve been feeling tired and nauseous lately. Maybe you have swollen and tender breasts and notice you need to urinate more frequently. Your period is late, too. So, you purchase a home pregnancy test. After... Sierra Koester 11 views Mother’s Day: Celebrating as a Part of the Adoption Triad Mother’s Day is drawing near once again. It would be impossible to miss it. Emails start to roll in after the first week of April, stores switch their displays with gift ideas for moms. Restaurants start to share price... Julia K. Porter 4 views Birth Mother’s Day Mother’s Day evokes a different memory for everyone. It could be a memory of your father telling you to let your mom sleep in, quite possibly while he makes a last-minute run to the store for flowers and a card. It... Lacy Davis 5 views Alabama Adoptions During Pandemic The year 2020 brought a great number of complicated situations to the world at large. A global pandemic managed to shut down the world for much of the year as scientists, politicians, and health professionals scrambled... Christina Gochnauer 4 views May The Fourth Be With You: Star Wars and Adoption In the action-packed human-, alien-, and droid-filled universe that is the Star Wars saga, adoption has been a running theme throughout the twisty trilogy of trilogies—even as far back as when the famous words “A LONG... Susan Kuligowski 6 views What is the History of Mother’s Day? Moms. They’re the ones who kiss our bruises when we fall down. They’re the ones who comfort us when we’re upset. They’re the ones who encourage us when we’re feeling low and the ones who... Sierra Koester 22 views Harry Potter and Adoption JK Rowling introduced the world to the character of Harry Potter. Harry Potter, through his complex beginning, is the chosen child of the wizarding world. He spends 11 years of his adolescence fighting the dark world... Deirdre Parker 27 views Why an Adoption-Aware Pediatrician Matters As part of our own personal agency’s suggested to-dos before bringing our newly adopted child home, they suggested that we find a pediatrician and chat with them while we were waiting for court. Since we found a... Kristina Frazier 5 views Unexpected Pregnancy Quotes Finding out you are pregnant when it is unexpected can be quite a shock. Sometimes, a wonderful, blissful shock. Other times, a scary, terrifying shock. The truth is, no reaction to an unexpected pregnancy is right or... Jennifer Kaldwell 8 views Do All Expectant Parents Meet Adoptive Parents? As you face an unexpected pregnancy, you may be aware of the endless, monumental decisions that lay in front of you. It may be overwhelming, but take your time as you come to the decisions that work best for you and the... Hannah Jennings 9 views Getting Over the Awkwardness: Adoption Matches A few years ago, I signed up for online dating. I have been single for quite a while and in all reality, things don’t work like they used to. You most likely won’t meet your future spouse on the produce aisle at the... Katie Reisor 16 views Belonging Not To You, But With You The biological family, child, and parents form the adoption triad. There is an attachment to the triad that can’t be denied. Love and loss are seen throughout in many different ways. The sense that there is long-term... Heather Pietras-Gladu 13 views Unplanned Pregnancy Counselor An unplanned pregnancy can be a frightening and struggling time for women of any age. You could be now facing an unexpected pregnancy and have no idea what to do or who to talk about it with. You need someone to trust... Kandice Confer 19 views How to Talk to Your Child’s Teacher about Adoption As a teacher, I’ve had experiences with children who were adopted or in foster care. The common emotions and issues among children who have been adopted include the following: issues concerning identity, belonging, or... Deirdre Parker 16 views Parenting Differences for Adoptive Families When I first began my adoption journey, I didn’t realize that there are times that parenting adoptive children is different than it was for my biological child. I thought that parenting was parenting, an equal... Jennifer Kaldwell 16 views Adoption in San Francisco Hello, San Franciscan expectant mothers/parents! I am here to give you the steps to navigate your way through the world of adoption should you choose to place your baby in San Francisco. But, first, let’s look at some... Jenn Martin-Wright 9 views How Adoption Works Are you an expectant parent? Are you considering adoption but just aren’t sure how it works? Here is a basic idea of the how-to of adoption. Keep in mind that while adoption is permanent and binding the relationship you... Christina Gochnauer 33 views Looking for Adoptive Parents If you have found yourself in an unplanned pregnancy, you have a few choices to mull over. I hope wherever this article finds you, you can take a deep breath and some time to make a decision. Whether you choose to... Hannah Jennings 28 views The Women Behind Adoption When I consider the women behind adoption, there are a few obvious choices; the expectant mother, the adoptive mother, the agent involved in placement (though this could be a male), and possibly the adoptee herself. As... Cindy Hill 20 views You Might Be An Adoptive Family If… Sometimes, we adoptive families are easy to spot. Other times, it would surprise you to find out that not everyone in the family unit is genetically connected. We may be easy to notice for a variety of reasons but I... Kristina Frazier 14 views Open and Closed Adoption: How Does It Affect The Adoptee? The pros and cons of open vs. closed adoption have long been debated in the adoption community. The continual question behind these pros and cons is how does it affect the adoptee? When examining today’s open vs. closed... Susan Kuligowski 19 views What is Open Adoption? What is Open Adoption and Why You Might Consider it When Placing Your Baby for Adoption? There are many reasons expectant mothers and parents decide to place their babies for adoption. Whatever the reason, there are... Jenn Martin-Wright 20 vi...