Conversations about adoption are rarely planned, so parents have to be ready with details at a moment's notice. On a recent evening with my kids, I experienced that times three.
Healthy from Their Skin In
A dermatologist advises on caring for the skin and hair of a transracially adopted child.
Winning Your Child’s Trust Around the Dinner Table
In an excerpt from her guide to enjoying family meals, our childhood feeding specialist explains how to show your foster or adopted children love through food.
Adoption in Prime Time: NBC’s Parenthood
How adoptive parents feel about the adoption storyline on NBC's Parenthood
Ask AF: Should We Try for the Same Level of Openness?
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: Secrecy or Privacy?
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: Information in a Closed Adoption
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: New Sibling Jealousy
Answers to your parenting questions.
20 Questions Kids Ask About Adoption
Your child has questions about babies, birth mothers, and the way he joined your family. Now, you have the answers.
“When Will My Daughter Truly Know What Adoption Means?”
"It's a hard truth, a harsh reality to take in, that love and pain can be so connected, so entwined. When will she truly know what adoption means? When will she finally learn the whole truth of what this word means?"
“What ‘Real’ Means to Me” – An Adoptee’s Story
Being asked who your "real parents" are is part of being an adoptee. Even though I know now what parenting means, those four letters still make me cringe.
“Meeting the Parents Who Would Adopt My Grandchild”
My daughter "gave up" nothing when she became a birth mother. She lovingly placed her precious baby girl in the arms of parents who would prove eager to embrace us all.
What Does the Expectant Mother’s Attorney Do?
When an expectant parent chooses to be represented by an attorney, it is important for all of the parties in the adoption to understand that the role of the attorney is to advocate for his client. Our adoption law expert explains.