You can embrace the racial differences in your adopted children and give them a healthy cultural and family identity.
Adoption
Unfulfilled expectations can lead to disappointment and even disconnection between parents and adopted children.
I remember thinking, All kids need is a little love. Now after adopting six children from foster care, I realize how naïve my words were.
Adoption expectations—and unfortunate truths—can reveal our weakness and His power.
You can help children who must build their identity on a fragmented foundation by initiating conversations about issues that may surface during the adolescent years.
One family reveals how they helped their biological child understand discipline differences after adopting an older child.
Ease into the transition of building bonds between new siblings after an adoption
Physical and occupational therapy become a part of everyday life.
Qualifying as adoptive parents is a lengthy process, but it will help prepare your family for what lies ahead.
One family’s amazing adoption journey – one that would change their lives forever.
Dealing with the uncertainties and delays of the adoption process.
The Rosatis learn about Daniel’s past and finally have their day in family court.
A little boy with an uncertain future needs a ‘forever family.’
“There is never so much love in the world that reaching out is a bad idea.” – an adopted child.
Adoption options include domestic foster care, domestic infant, international, open, closed and embryo.
When our second daughter, Nichole, was born, she surprised us by showing up with an extra chromosome. The diagnosis of Down syndrome was the hardest thing that Andy and I had ever faced as parents. We loved her immediately, of course, but there were endless tears and questions about her future. Nichole would not be …
The more information a couple has when pursuing adoption, the more prepared they will be for any problems that may surface.
Requests for visits with the child by birth families are on the rise.
In our well-connected world, it is more likely than ever that your child will now, or someday in the future, have contact or relationships with the people who brought him into this world.
Children who are adopted when they’re older or who have more complicated histories are not likely to respond well to some traditional discipline methods.