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Pre-Adopt Must-Reads
April 26, 2024
How to Adopt from Foster Care
Adopting a Baby: The Truth About Domestic Infant Adoption
“Writing, Then Re-Writing, Our ‘Dear Expectant Mother’ Letter”
The Top Ten Myths (and Facts) About Adoption
Building Your Family – The Infertility and Adoption Guide
International Adoption – Country Overviews and Agency Listings
Surviving the Home Study
Hiring Your Adoption Professional
Surviving a Winding Road to Adoption
Adoptive Families
Home
Adopting
Domestic
Adoption Laws by State
Foster
International
International Adoption Countries
Adoption Decisions
Cost & Timing
The Adoption Guide
Directory of Infertility & Adoption Providers
ART Options
Parents Share: Our Last-Minute “Stork Drop” Adoption
- January 29, 2019
Share Your Story: Announcing Your Decision to Adopt
- November 18, 2017
Online Adoption Resources for Prospective Parents
- September 20, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: My Best Domestic Adoption Travel Advice
- August 16, 2017
The ICPC: An Updated Overview
- May 10, 2017
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Ask AF: What to Do the First Time a Foster Child Comes to Stay with Us?
- April 23, 2019
Ask AF: Advice for Our “Ice Breaker” Meeting with a 10-Year-Old Boy?
- January 29, 2019
“What Being a Foster Family Has Taught My Children”
- November 29, 2018
Never Too Old for Family
- November 28, 2018
Brotherly (and Sisterly) Love in Foster Care
- September 17, 2018
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“Finding My Inner Mom”
- June 6, 2019
“Our Journey to China to Adopt Our Daughter”
- June 26, 2018
“Visiting Our Daughter’s Russian Orphanage”
- March 3, 2018
News Brief: Transition to New Accrediting Entity for U.S. Adoption Service Providers Leads to Increase in Fees
- February 23, 2018
“You Have Thousands of Angels Around You”
- February 3, 2018
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“From Grief to Joy”
- November 29, 2021
Parents Share: “When I Knew I Was Going to Adopt”
- June 6, 2019
Parents Share: The “Match Meeting” with an Expectant Mother
- April 23, 2019
Never Too Old for Family
- November 28, 2018
Ask AF: Should We Try to Adopt Our Children’s Biological Sibling?
- October 29, 2018
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Adoption Cost and Timing in 2016-2017
- February 23, 2018
How Do You Respond to “How Long Did It Take You to Adopt?”
- January 24, 2018
Adoption Tax Credit Now Preserved in the Tax Reform Proposal
- November 3, 2017
Take the Adoption Cost & Timing Survey
- October 26, 2017
Adoption Cost and Timing in 2015-2016
- February 21, 2017
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News Brief: WHO Set to Broaden Definition of “Infertile” to Include Singles and Same-Sex Couples
- November 14, 2016
From Infertility to Adoption
- August 11, 2016
18 Key Questions to Ask a Surrogacy Program
- August 3, 2016
12 Key Questions to Ask a Prospective Egg Donor Attorney
- August 3, 2016
Surrogacy Cost and Health Insurance
- August 3, 2016
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The Process
Building Your Team
The Home Study
Referrals & Matches
Surviving the Wait
Preparing for Parenthood
Adoption Medicine
Share Your Story: Who Helped With Your Adoption?
- April 1, 2017
Ask AF: Why Just One Adoption Attorney Won’t Do
- July 8, 2016
Ask AF: Adoption Fraud
- February 29, 2016
What Happens if my Agency or Attorney Screws Up?
- December 21, 2015
Questions to Ask Your Potential Adoption Attorney
- December 18, 2015
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“For Their Children”
- October 3, 2018
“Uncharted Territory”
- December 19, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: Preparing for the Adoption Home Study Visit
- November 16, 2016
Baby Safety Tips
- July 27, 2016
Ask AF: Revealing Health Problems During a Home Study
- July 23, 2016
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Ask AF: How to Cope with the Disappointment of Not Being Chosen by an Expectant Mother
- June 6, 2019
Parents Share: The “Match Meeting” with an Expectant Mother
- April 23, 2019
Ask AF: Advice for Our “Ice Breaker” Meeting with a 10-Year-Old Boy?
- January 29, 2019
Parents Share: Our Last-Minute “Stork Drop” Adoption
- January 29, 2019
Parents Share: Deciding What Age Child to Adopt
- October 29, 2018
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Ask AF: How to Cope with the Disappointment of Not Being Chosen by an Expectant Mother
- June 6, 2019
“The Advice I Wish I’d Gotten While Waiting to Adopt”
- January 29, 2019
Ask AF: Feeling Depressed When Friends Announce They’re Pregnant
- November 28, 2018
Ask AF: Responding to Insensitive and Discouraging Comments During the Wait
- May 24, 2018
Ask AF: Because Baby Showers Are Bad Enough Without Nosy Questions…
- March 16, 2018
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“The Advice I Wish I’d Gotten While Waiting to Adopt”
- January 29, 2019
From Only Child to Oldest
- October 4, 2018
How to Photograph Your Adoption Trip
- March 30, 2018
10 Tips for Adoptive Parents
- March 5, 2018
Ask AF: When and How to Find a Pediatrician During the Adoption Process
- February 21, 2018
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Ask AF: What Adoptive Parents Need to Know About Hepatitis B
- September 28, 2016
List of Recommended Post-Arrival Medical Evaluations
- September 17, 2016
Questioning Medical Myths About Adoption
- August 3, 2016
Ask the Doctor: Pre-Adoption Medical Assessment
- July 25, 2016
Ask AF: Building a Good Relationship with Your Pediatrician
- July 7, 2016
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Bonding
Bonding & Child Care (0-3)
Family Adjustment
Showers & Celebrations
Transitions 3+
“Breathing”
- January 14, 2021
Thank You, Bàba
- September 22, 2020
“Finding My Inner Mom”
- June 6, 2019
“How We Bonded with Our Child”
- October 27, 2018
“Fool for Love”
- October 2, 2018
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“Breathing”
- January 14, 2021
Thank You, Bàba
- September 22, 2020
“From Waiting Mom to Flexible Working Mom”
- February 21, 2020
Ask AF: What to Do the First Time a Foster Child Comes to Stay with Us?
- April 23, 2019
Ask AF: Rivalry with a Newly Adopted Sibling
- January 29, 2019
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“Finally Father’s Day”
- October 1, 2018
“Baby Benjamin’s Adoption Day”
- August 23, 2018
“Motherhood, Cleaved.”
- July 24, 2018
Parents Share: Celebrating with an Adoption Shower
- May 24, 2018
Adoption Day Gifts From Russia, with Love
- February 13, 2018
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“It Takes No Special Power to Love a Child”
- July 30, 2021
“On Parenting from Afar”
- February 21, 2020
Ask AF: What to Do the First Time a Foster Child Comes to Stay with Us?
- April 23, 2019
Ask AF: How to Discourage Indiscriminate Affection
- April 23, 2019
Media Focus: Lissa Schneckenburger
- February 28, 2019
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Talking
Talking to Your Child
Talking to Others
Adoptee Voices
Lifebooks & Scrapbooks
Talking About Tough Topics
Ask AF: Should We Tell Our Child She Has a Birth Sibling if They Can’t Be in Touch?
- June 6, 2019
8 Keys to Talking About Adoption
- April 23, 2019
Ask AF: Seven-Year-Old Has Been Saying She Doesn’t “Belong Here”
- February 28, 2019
Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun”
- October 29, 2018
Ask AF: How to Help Our Teen Through Depression?
- October 5, 2018
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Parents Share: No End to the Nosy Adoption Questions
- February 21, 2020
“I Can Still Be Shocked” – Encountering Ignorance About Adoption and Race
- June 6, 2019
Ask AF: How to Discourage Indiscriminate Affection
- April 23, 2019
How Adoption Grew Secret
- October 20, 2018
Support Groups for Adoptive Parents and Families
- October 6, 2018
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“Sliding Doors”
- April 23, 2019
“This Is For Real”
- April 15, 2018
“Finding Peace Through the Adoptee Community”
- January 24, 2018
Teens Speak Out About Open Adoption
- January 17, 2018
“Mom, Were You Alive During Woodstock?”
- November 30, 2017
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Capturing Your Child’s Journey Through Life
- September 21, 2018
Creating a History for Your Teen During Infancy
- December 29, 2016
Child-Created Lifebooks
- June 20, 2016
Adoption Scrapbooks Made Easy
- June 17, 2016
A Tale to Treasure
- June 12, 2016
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Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun”
- October 29, 2018
Ask AF: Sharing Difficult Details with a Seven-Year-Old
- September 26, 2018
Ask AF: How to Tell My Son That I Can’t Adopt His Biological Sister?
- August 28, 2018
The Talk: Revealing the Realities of Racism to My African-American Child
- May 30, 2018
Ask AF: How to Explain to My Child That His Birth Mother Was Addicted to Drugs?
- May 24, 2018
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Transracial
Culture & Heritage
Racial Identity
Conspicuous Families
An Overview of Heritage Travel
- October 19, 2018
Books and Articles for Introducing Race and Racism to Children
- September 16, 2018
“Bagels and Pho”
- September 12, 2018
“Back to Bucaramanga” – Meeting My Daughter’s Birth Mother in Colombia
- August 28, 2018
AF’s,
Complete Guide to Heritage Travel
- August 18, 2018
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The Grammar of Untold Stories: An Interview with Lois Melina
- March 17, 2021
How to Be an Anti-Racist Adoptive Parent
- August 7, 2020
Mothering Children of Color Who Are Becoming Adults
- June 12, 2020
“I Can Still Be Shocked” – Encountering Ignorance About Adoption and Race
- June 6, 2019
“Home Safe Every Night”
- October 29, 2018
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“Almost Famous”
- February 28, 2019
Connecting With the Black Community
- May 23, 2018
“How I Parent My Transracial Family”
- October 30, 2017
“Keeping Up Appearances” – Our Skin and 4C Hair Care Routine
- October 24, 2017
“Memory Givers”
- September 1, 2017
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Openness
Living with Openness
Connections to the Past
Birth Parent Voices
Search & Reunion
Ask AF: Letting a Preteen Take the Lead in a Birth Parent Relationship
- February 21, 2020
“A New Path in Our Adoption Journey”
- April 23, 2019
Parents Share: Birth Sibling Connections
- November 28, 2018
[EXCERPT] Those Three Words
- October 29, 2018
Parents Share: “Our Open Adoption Over the Years”
- August 28, 2018
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The Grammar of Untold Stories: An Interview with Lois Melina
- March 17, 2021
Thank You, Bàba
- September 22, 2020
Ask AF: Should We Tell Our Child She Has a Birth Sibling if They Can’t Be in Touch?
- June 6, 2019
“A New Path in Our Adoption Journey”
- April 23, 2019
Ask AF: Should I Try to Contact My Children’s Birth Siblings?
- February 28, 2019
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[EXCERPT] Those Three Words
- October 29, 2018
Ask AF: Explaining to a Child That His Sibling Will Be Adopted By Another Family
- December 22, 2017
“Letting Go After Months of Struggling to Parent”
- May 9, 2017
Bringing Birth Siblings Into Our Children’s Stories—and Lives
- January 25, 2017
The Birth Parent Perspective: Stats and Chart
- October 19, 2016
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“Sliding Doors”
- April 23, 2019
Ask AF: Should I Try to Contact My Children’s Birth Siblings?
- February 28, 2019
Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun”
- October 29, 2018
How Adoption Grew Secret
- October 20, 2018
“Back to Bucaramanga” – Meeting My Daughter’s Birth Mother in Colombia
- August 28, 2018
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Parenting
Ages & Stages
At School
Health, Medicine & Development
Family Dynamics
Peers & Friendships
Holidays & Celebrations
Modern Families
Mothering Children of Color Who Are Becoming Adults
- June 12, 2020
“From Waiting Mom to Flexible Working Mom”
- February 21, 2020
Ask AF: Letting a Preteen Take the Lead in a Birth Parent Relationship
- February 21, 2020
“On Parenting from Afar”
- February 21, 2020
“She’s Leaving Home”
- February 28, 2019
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Parents Share: What My Child’s Friends Want to Know About Adoption
- September 26, 2018
“Life of the Party”
- September 26, 2018
Ask AF: How to Choose a School for Our Transracially Adopted Child?
- August 28, 2018
“Overcoming All Odds”
- March 26, 2018
3 Tasks for College-Bound Adoptees
- February 21, 2018
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“It Takes No Special Power to Love a Child”
- July 30, 2021
“I Needed a Different Parenting Handbook…” – Parenting Children with FASD
- June 6, 2019
Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun”
- October 29, 2018
How to Raise a Bounce-Back Kid
- October 25, 2018
Raising a Child Who Loves Reading
- October 24, 2018
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“Breathing”
- January 14, 2021
“From Waiting Mom to Flexible Working Mom”
- February 21, 2020
2019 Cover Photo Contest Winners
- February 21, 2020
Parents Share: How Is Parenting After Adoption Different?
- February 28, 2019
Ask AF: Should I Try to Contact My Children’s Birth Siblings?
- February 28, 2019
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Hosting Productive Play Dates
- October 21, 2018
Parents Share: What My Child’s Friends Want to Know About Adoption
- September 26, 2018
“But How Did He Know About My Mama?”
- July 24, 2018
The Wrong Crowd?
- October 17, 2017
Helping Teens with Transitions
- September 6, 2017
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Parent-to-Parent: Holiday Gifts for Your Child’s Birth Family
- December 19, 2017
2018 Gifts that Give Back
- November 16, 2017
2020 Holiday Gift Guide – from Our Sponsors
- October 13, 2017
“Anniversary”
- February 21, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: My Favorite Adoption Memory
- January 23, 2017
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“From Grief to Joy”
- November 29, 2021
“It Takes No Special Power to Love a Child”
- July 30, 2021
“Breathing”
- January 14, 2021
2019 Cover Photo Contest Winners
- February 21, 2020
2018 Cover Photo Contest Winners
- November 29, 2018
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April 26, 2024
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