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Pre-Adopt Must-Reads
October 1, 2016
Adopting from Foster Care
The Truth About Domestic Adoption
“Writing, Then Re-Writing, Our ‘Dear Expectant Mother’ Letter”
The Top Ten Myths About Adoption
Building Your Family – The Infertility and Adoption Guide
International Adoption – Country-by-Country Fast Facts and Agency Listings
Surviving the Home Study
Hiring Your Adoption Professional
Surviving a Winding Road to Adoption
Adoptive Families
Home
Adopting
Domestic
Foster
International
The Adoption Guide
Adoption Decisions
Cost & Timing
Adoption Laws by State
International Adoption Countries
ART Options
The Truth About Domestic Adoption
- June 18, 2016
Domestic Adoption Travel 101
- June 16, 2016
Adoption Law: At the Hospital
- June 13, 2016
“Writing, Then Re-Writing, Our ‘Dear Expectant Mother’ Letter”
- June 12, 2016
Ask AF: Moving and Readoption
- May 23, 2016
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“Someone to Count On”
- August 23, 2016
Adopting from Foster Care
- June 20, 2016
Ask AF: Defining Special Needs
- June 20, 2016
“Instant Mom”
- June 16, 2016
“From Foster to Adoptive Parent”
- June 15, 2016
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When Should You Schedule Surgery?
- 11 hours ago
“And Now We Are Three”
- August 8, 2016
“You’ve Got to Have Friends”
- August 7, 2016
Ask AF: Adoption Visa Clarification
- June 21, 2016
Poland Adoption Fast Facts
- June 13, 2016
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Webinar Replay: Adopting When You’re Already Parenting
- August 22, 2016
From Infertility to Adoption
- August 11, 2016
“And Now We Are Three”
- August 8, 2016
Ask AF: How Does Stepparent Adoption Work?
- July 24, 2016
When Love Has a Price
- July 20, 2016
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Can We Afford This? Adoption Costs vs. Surrogacy Costs
- August 3, 2016
Ask AF: Adoption Assistance Program
- June 27, 2016
Ask AF: Defining Special Needs
- June 20, 2016
How to Lobby Your Employer for Adoption Benefits
- June 15, 2016
Adoption Cost and Timing in 2014-2015
- May 16, 2016
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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
Donor Sperm: Real-Life Stories
- 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
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
Questions to Ask Your Potential Adoption Agency
- December 17, 2015
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Baby Safety Tips
- July 27, 2016
Ask AF: Revealing Health Problems During a Home Study
- July 23, 2016
Ask AF: Disclosing Criminal History in a Home Study
- July 22, 2016
Ask AF: What is a Home Study?
- July 21, 2016
Ask AF: The Home Study Report and Family Difficulties
- July 9, 2016
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Ask the Doctor: Asthma
- June 24, 2016
Adoption Law: At the Hospital
- June 13, 2016
“Writing, Then Re-Writing, Our ‘Dear Expectant Mother’ Letter”
- June 12, 2016
“Our Agonizing Decision to Decline a Referral”
- June 7, 2016
“How I Finally Got Into Club Mom”
- June 5, 2016
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Ask AF: Feeling Excited and Scared as We Begin the Process
- August 4, 2016
10 Lists to Help You Prepare for Adoption
- June 20, 2016
“Slipping into Parenthood”
- June 13, 2016
“The Stages of Waiting”
- June 10, 2016
“When Will an Expectant Mother Pick Us?”
- June 9, 2016
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Webinar Replay: Adopting When You’re Already Parenting
- August 22, 2016
Baby Safety Tips
- July 27, 2016
Ask AF: Adoption Assistance Program
- June 27, 2016
10 Lists to Help You Prepare for Adoption
- June 20, 2016
Waiting for Working Moms
- June 19, 2016
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Ask AF: What Adoptive Parents Neew 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+
Bringing Home a New Baby
- September 23, 2016
Nursing School
- September 22, 2016
Adoptive Breastfeeding with Supplemental Nursing
- September 12, 2016
Bonding with Baby
- August 26, 2016
Into the Safety of Our Hearts from Hard Places
- August 24, 2016
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“An Unexpected Family”
- September 8, 2016
“Second Child, Second Thoughts?”
- August 27, 2016
Learning to Be Mother and Son
- August 22, 2016
Positive Parenting for Behavior Problems
- August 21, 2016
“Resilient Hearts”
- August 16, 2016
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“Re-Celebrating My Daughter’s First Nine Birthdays”
- June 20, 2016
What to Expect During Your Adoption Finalization
- June 8, 2016
“Getting Rid of ‘Gotcha Day'”
- June 7, 2016
Showered with Love
- June 4, 2016
Domestic Adoption Showers
- May 30, 2016
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“Bonding with My Teen in the Baby Department”
- September 15, 2016
“An Unexpected Family”
- September 8, 2016
“The Dog Who Came to Stay”
- August 19, 2016
“Sleeping Together as a Family”
- August 17, 2016
“Winning Our Son’s Trust”
- August 15, 2016
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Talking
Talking to Your Child
Talking to Others
Adoptee Voices
Lifebooks & Scrapbooks
Talking About Tough Topics
“Sweet Sand”
- September 15, 2016
“Bonding with My Teen in the Baby Department”
- September 15, 2016
Ask AF: Explaining Very Difficult Details
- August 31, 2016
“Living the Dream”
- August 29, 2016
Off to Preschool!
- August 25, 2016
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Parent-to-Parent: Talking with the Teacher About Adoption
- September 15, 2016
Listen to the Children
- September 5, 2016
Listen to the Musical Beat of Love
- July 29, 2016
Ask AF: Explaining Adoption to Other Kids
- July 14, 2016
The Truth About Domestic Adoption
- June 18, 2016
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“The Wrong Kind of Asian”
- 1 day ago
Ask AF: My Child Was Told by Peers That She’s “Not Really Chinese”
- September 15, 2016
New Brief: Chinese Birth Parent Search Manual to Be Released
- September 15, 2016
Listen to the Children
- September 5, 2016
“I Forgot to Be Scared”
- August 12, 2016
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Child-Created Lifebooks
- June 20, 2016
Adoption Scrapbooks Made Easy
- June 17, 2016
A Tale to Treasure
- June 12, 2016
Adoption Scrapbooks: A Link to the Past
- June 1, 2016
Ask AF: Age-Appropriate Adoption Books
- November 18, 2015
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Ask AF: Explaining Very Difficult Details
- August 31, 2016
Sharing Difficult Details with Your Child
- June 21, 2016
“Googling Her Birth Parents”
- June 20, 2016
Explaining a Birth Parent’s Drug or Alcohol Abuse
- June 14, 2016
Answering Tough Questions
- May 31, 2016
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Transracial
Culture & Heritage
Racial Identity
Conspicuous Families
25 Children’s Books That Showcase Diversity
- September 15, 2016
“I Forgot to Be Scared”
- August 12, 2016
“You’ve Got to Have Friends”
- August 7, 2016
[BOOK EXCERPT] The Hundred-Year Flood
- August 1, 2016
“Rooting Our Children in Our Latino Heritage”
- June 17, 2016
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“The Wrong Kind of Asian”
- 1 day ago
Ask AF: My Child Was Told by Peers That She’s “Not Really Chinese”
- September 15, 2016
25 Children’s Books That Showcase Diversity
- September 15, 2016
“Let’s Be Fair”
- September 7, 2016
“I Forgot to Be Scared”
- August 12, 2016
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“My Decision to Adopt Transracially”
- June 21, 2016
“Adopting a White Child Across Racial Lines”
- June 20, 2016
“Too Much Attention”
- June 1, 2016
News Brief: For Some Parents, International Adoption Decision Reflects Racial Bias
- May 16, 2016
Webinar Replay: Growing Up as a Transracial Adoptee
- April 6, 2016
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Openness
Living with Openness
Connections to the Past
Birth Parent Voices
Search & Reunion
News Brief: LGBT Parents Very Open to Openness
- August 5, 2016
Parent-to-Parent: Photographs of the Birth Family
- August 4, 2016
Ask AF: Talking to Expectant Mothers Before a Match
- July 16, 2016
[Book Review] Megan’s Birthday Tree
- July 15, 2016
Ask AF: Writing to the Birth Father
- July 12, 2016
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Ask AF: When Kids Don’t Ask for Birth Family Contact
- September 15, 2016
Keeping Our Children Connected
- August 14, 2016
Parent-to-Parent: Photographs of the Birth Family
- August 4, 2016
“Meeting My Cousin for the First Time”
- August 2, 2016
Letters to Birth Mothers, from Wondering Hearts
- July 17, 2016
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Ask AF: Books for Understanding the Birth Mothers’ Perspective
- July 13, 2016
“Gifts to and from My Child’s Adoptive Family”
- June 16, 2016
“The Day I Gave My Heart Away”
- June 14, 2016
“Letters of Love”
- June 13, 2016
“How to Be His Mother”
- June 12, 2016
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New Brief: Chinese Birth Parent Search Manual to Be Released
- September 15, 2016
[Book Review] And Then I Found You
- August 6, 2016
“To Seek, But Not Find”
- August 4, 2016
When Teens Find Birth Family Online
- June 16, 2016
Letting Her Go: Chinese Birth Parent Search and Reunions
- June 15, 2016
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Parenting
Ages & Stages
At School
Health, Medicine & Development
Family Dynamics
Peers & Friendships
Holidays & Celebrations
Modern Families
When Should You Schedule Surgery?
- 11 hours ago
How NOT to Be an Overprotective Parent
- September 27, 2016
The Joy of Board Books
- September 25, 2016
Make Believe or Lies?
- September 24, 2016
Bringing Home a New Baby
- September 23, 2016
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Rethinking the Family Tree and Other Tough Assignments
- September 15, 2016
Parent-to-Parent: Talking with the Teacher About Adoption
- September 15, 2016
Off to Preschool!
- August 25, 2016
How to Get Your Child Help at School
- August 11, 2016
Ask AF: “Was I Bad?”
- June 29, 2016
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When Should You Schedule Surgery?
- 11 hours ago
Ask AF: What Adoptive Parents Neew to Know About Hepatitis B
- September 28, 2016
How NOT to Be an Overprotective Parent
- September 27, 2016
The Benefits of Reading to Your Child
- September 26, 2016
The Joy of Board Books
- September 25, 2016
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Dealing with Divorce
- September 13, 2016
Webinar Replay: Adopting When You’re Already Parenting
- August 22, 2016
“Is Blood Really Thicker Than Water?”
- August 1, 2016
Ask AF: When Grandparents Protest Adoption Disruption
- July 10, 2016
Ask AF: A New Sister
- July 5, 2016
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Ask AF: My Child Was Told by Peers That She’s “Not Really Chinese”
- September 15, 2016
Ask the Transracial Parenting Expert: Helping Teens Answer Questions About Race
- June 23, 2016
Wanting to Be Like Everyone Else
- June 6, 2016
Helping Your Teen Survive Cliques
- June 5, 2016
Ask AF: Tweens and Teasing
- February 22, 2016
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“A Mother’s Day Not About Me”
- June 21, 2016
“Re-Celebrating My Daughter’s First Nine Birthdays”
- June 20, 2016
The Birth of Tradition
- June 19, 2016
A Mother’s Day Ritual
- June 18, 2016
“Our Multicultural Thanksgiving Celebration”
- June 8, 2016
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“Let’s Be Fair”
- September 7, 2016
Adopting Again as a Single Parent
- September 4, 2016
“Growing Up”
- September 2, 2016
Going It Alone? Support Options for Singles
- September 1, 2016
“A Different Definition of Family”
- August 30, 2016
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