Three years after her adoption, we returned to our daughter's Russian orphanage to visit her caregivers and friends there.
“Visiting Our Son’s Birth Country: The Land of Contrasts”
"Make the trip, you won't be sorry." Our journey to our son's birth country—and to visit his foster mother—was an exhilarating experience.
Ready to Read
The best ways to promote your preschooler's literacy skills.
Keeping Up Contact with Birth Parents
An open adoption arrangement may be buffeted by passing time and changing circumstances. Here's how to make your relationship endure.
Ask AF: Anger Management
Answers to your parenting questions.
How to Get Your School on Board
Help get your school ready for your child.
Establishing a Sleep Routine
All parents long for a peaceful bedtime routine: Read your child a story, kiss her goodnight, and don't see her again until morning. If you understand how children learn to sleep all night, you can help your child manage her sleep and security needs, as you promote her attachment to you.
Has Adoption Come Up in your Child’s Classroom?
We asked AF readers to share their stories. Here's what they said!
Birth Mother Expenses: What You Need to Know
If a prospective birth mother decides not place her baby with us for adoption, can we get back the money we paid for her living expenses during the pregnancy?
“Our Canadian-Colombian Family Reunion”
After returning from a trip to my son's birth country, my heart — and journal — was overflowing.
“From Adoptive Mother to Birth Grandmother”
An adoptive mother prepares to become a birth grandmother.
“The Rabbi’s Daughter”
She's two-years old, Jewish, speaks English and Hebrew—and is African American. Who is she? Our daughter, of course!
Ask AF: Tough Birth Father Info
Answers to your parenting questions.
“Understanding My Family’s Circles”
My traditional childhood dreams gave way to an unexpected, soul-filling reality.
“Would I Be Allowed to Adopt After the Diagnosis?”
I was terrified that telling our social worker I'd been diagnosed with bipolar disorder would end our dream of having a child.
When Things Change
Life's transitions can be hard on children. Here's how to help your child develop his own ways to cope.
Is Your Child Ready for School?
She has her backpack, pencils, and notebook. But does she know how to field adoption questions that might come her way?
Ask AF: An Invasive Assignment
An adoptive parent asks how to react to her middle schooler's assignment to write a report about his birth. Adoption at school expert Lansing Wood offers guidance on speaking with the teacher.