Hepatitis B is a contagious virus that can be passed from a mother to a baby at or around the time of birth. It can also be passed from one child to another in an orphanage, through blood or body fluids.
Into the Safety of Our Hearts from Hard Places
Years of working with at-risk adopted children have taught us powerful truths about how to forge a strong parent-child connection. When children have experienced maltreatment or neglect prior to adoption, the idea of family may be confusing to them.
Ask AF: The Home Study Report and Family Difficulties
I'm worried that my lack of a relationship with any family members will negatively affect our impending home study report.
“Will I Ever Be Able to Love This Child?”
When the first few weeks of parenthood were rocky, I found myself worrying: Did we adopt a child I'll never be able to love?
Is Special Needs Adoption Right for Your Family?
Why adopt a child with medical special needs? The answers will surprise you and touch your soul.
More Than Just the Blues
How to recognize and cope with post-adoption depression.
“From Our Hearts”: Letters to Our Child’s Birth Parents
Writing about the little things in letters to our daughter's birth parents often tells a bigger, warmer story in the end.
Ask AF: Invasion of Privacy
We have emphasized that our kids should choose whether to share (or not) their adoptive status, but some of our friends don't seem to get it and tell others.
Ask AF: Grandparent Adoption
I adopted my grandson eight years ago, and he has no idea that I'm his grandmother.
Is It Adoption, or Is It Life?
Five of the country's top adoption therapists tell us what we need to know to support our children.
“Our Leap of Faith: Finding Birth Relatives in Russia”
We made the trip, unsure whether we would even find Marina's orphanage, and ended up finding the answers to her deepest questions.
“Goodbye to Grandpa”
My daughter's struggle to make sense of this loss is shadowed by her earliest one.
Ask AF: Transition to Daycare
Answers to your parenting questions.
All Through the Night
Parents and experts weigh in on the best ways to get our kids to sleep.
Friends Like Me: The Value of Adoptee Peer Groups
Want to do something wonderful for your grade-schooler? Hook her up with other kids who were adopted.
From Their Mouths to Our Ears
It's never too early to assess our children's speech and language development — and to seek support if needed.
Making the Decision to Adopt a Special Needs Child
One Family's Story
“Ready-to-Parent”
The "Daddy Moment" hits in the middle of the baby emporium.