"I have always known I was capable of giving this much love. What I didn't know is that a child could love me this much."
[Book Review] My Alternate Life
Trinity B. Jones is a foster kid who's "been to enough adoption picnics to know that adoptive parents want a cute little baby to hold, not a 15-year-old with brown skin, a 34-C, and a nose ring."
The Joy of Board Books
Nurture your child's love of reading with tales that shine a light on diversity and adoption.
Adoption Scrapbooks Made Easy
Tips for capturing the journey leading up to your child's adoption, and the precious moments after, in scrapbook your family will cherish forever.
Do We Stop at Just One?
Wondering whether to raise an only child? Half of all adoptive families do. How they thrive, despite occasional (or frequent!) second thoughts.
Special Report: Adoption & Teens — Parenting Strategies
Adoptive Families explores common situations you may face while parenting your adopted teen.
Establishing a Healthy Sleep Routine
Help your child sleep through the night while promoting her attachment to you.
Connecting Through Everyday Baby Care
Dressing, feeding, burping, tickling, tucking into bed — the nuts and bolts of baby care bring the moments that can draw you together.
Ask the Doctor: Anemia
Our medical expert explains symptoms, causes, and treatments that parents need to know when adopting a child with anemia.
“Our Foster Adoption Journey” — Six-Part Series
Real parents who navigated the Fost/Adopt system successfully write about their rewarding experience in this six-part series.
“Reaching Out for Her Dad”
I had expected to form an attachment slowly, but I was instantly smitten with my daughter. She was the one who came around in her own time.
10 Expert-Devised, Baby-Approved Ways to Form a Loving Bond
Wondering how to bond with your new baby? Check out these 10 easy-peasy tips!
Ask AF: Reaching Out to the Birth Father
How can we increase the openness of our relationship with our son's birth father?
(Finally!) Feeling Like A Parent
We asked our readers, "When did you know in your heart that you were a mother or a father?" Here's what they had to say!
Welcoming Your Child Home
We asked our readers: "What did you do to welcome your child into your family?" Here are some of the letters we received!
“Here and Now, If Not Always”
My hope, as a single foster mother, is to provide at least a temporary period of calm in a stormy childhood.
“Our Visible, Multiracial Family”
Although my wife and I talked a great deal about race before we decided on a transracial adoption, we didn't fully appreciate how conspicuous our family would become. Quite simply, we now stick out in a crowd.
Birth Parent Fantasies
Your child's birth mother looms large in her imagination now. What's your grade-schooler really thinking?
[Book Review] When Race Becomes Real
Sarah Marxer, an adoptive mom, reviews a collection of essays written by white and African American authors about how they experience race in society.
“In the Beginning” — Part 1 of Foster Adoption Series
In part one of our family's adoption odyssey, we make our way through our state's Fost/Adopt program and find that things don't always go according to plan. But sometimes, that's for the best.
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