Adoptive parents

Think you could be the right family for an older child adoption? First, here are 10 things you need to know about adopting an older child.

We have curated a list of 10 Instagram accounts that prioritize adoptee voices and bring the adoption community closer together with their work.

Yes, you read that correctly. I know what you're thinking: there are so many children in the world who need a "good and loving" forever family. Why would I discourage people from adopting? The reasoning is this: when you choose to adopt, the child must be the #1 priority. Here are 10 reasons why a person should not adopt, and why: 1: You are anti-connective and attachment parenting. Arguably, adoptees have experienced trauma to some degree (the separation from their biological parents, at…

An adoptee's honest blog about what they feel their adoptive mom could have done differently or better. #blog #adoption #adoptee

Thoughts from an adoptee to help adoptive parents understand the need to search for birth parents. What adoptees in reunion feel about those relationships.

A satirical look at the silly and sometimes insensitive things people say when they don't understand adoption.

I needed people to treat me like a new mom, I should have read the attachment books. Things I learned about adoption during the first month.

The following is a post from Elizabeth, who is a birthmother and blogger. She writes about her life as a birthmother at Blessings in Disguise. It is one of my favorite birthmother blogs (see My Top 5 Birthmother Blogs post). Elizabeth told me: "I am proud to say that I wrote that (post) straight from my

To all of the parents out there thinking about adoption or in the midst of raising a child, this is for you.More than 30 years ago, my parents decided to adopt after several unsuccessful attempts to have a third child. I use the loose term “adoptive” parents in that my parents adopted me, but they are just my parents – my real parents, the only ones I have ever known.In recognition of Natio

I share 10 things no one tells you about adoption, which covers my biggest surprises along our adoption journey.