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Pre-Adopt Must-Reads
April 22, 2018
Adopting from Foster Care
Adopting a Baby: The Truth About Domestic Infant Adoption
“Writing, Then Re-Writing, Our ‘Dear Expectant Mother’ Letter”
The Top Ten Myths (and Facts) About Adoption
Building Your Family – The Infertility and Adoption Guide
International Adoption – Country Overviews and Agency Listings
Surviving the Home Study
Hiring Your Adoption Professional
Surviving a Winding Road to Adoption
Adoptive Families
Home
Adopting
Domestic
Adoption Laws by State
Foster
International
International Adoption Countries
Adoption Decisions
Cost & Timing
The Adoption Guide
Directory of Infertility & Adoption Providers
ART Options
Share Your Story: Announcing Your Decision to Adopt
- November 18, 2017
Online Adoption Resources for Prospective Parents
- September 20, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: My Best Domestic Adoption Travel Advice
- August 16, 2017
The ICPC: An Updated Overview
- May 10, 2017
Share Your Story: Domestic Adoption and Attachment
- March 28, 2017
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A Helping Hand Through the Foster Adoption Process
- November 27, 2017
Ask AF: Explaining to Our Child That We Can’t Adopt Her Foster Sister
- October 23, 2017
Online Adoption Resources for Prospective Parents
- September 20, 2017
News Brief: Domestic Adoptions Rise Slightly, Despite Overall Decrease in Adoption
- February 23, 2017
News Brief: More Children in Foster Care Than One Year Ago
- January 23, 2017
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“Visiting Our Daughter’s Russian Orphanage”
- March 3, 2018
News Brief: Transition to New Accrediting Entity for U.S. Adoption Service Providers Leads to Increase in Fees
- February 23, 2018
“You Have Thousands of Angels Around You”
- February 3, 2018
News Brief: Ethiopia Passes Law Banning Intercountry Adoption
- January 24, 2018
News Brief: Council on Accreditations (COA) Officially Withdraws as Accrediting Entity
- January 24, 2018
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Are You Considering Transracial Adoption?
- March 22, 2018
“Beyond All Expectations”
- March 12, 2018
“A Family Renewed”
- February 25, 2018
Ask AF: What to Consider Before a Kinship Adoption Placement
- February 21, 2018
“A Different Kind of Sister”
- January 20, 2018
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Adoption Cost and Timing in 2016-2017
- February 23, 2018
How Do You Respond to “How Long Did It Take You to Adopt?”
- January 24, 2018
Adoption Tax Credit Now Preserved in the Tax Reform Proposal
- November 3, 2017
Take the Adoption Cost & Timing Survey
- October 26, 2017
Adoption Cost and Timing in 2015-2016
- February 21, 2017
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News Brief: WHO Set to Broaden Definition of “Infertile” to Include Singles and Same-Sex Couples
- November 14, 2016
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
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The Process
Building Your Team
The Home Study
Referrals & Matches
Surviving the Wait
Preparing for Parenthood
Adoption Medicine
Share Your Story: Who Helped With Your Adoption?
- April 1, 2017
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
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“Uncharted Territory”
- December 19, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: Preparing for the Adoption Home Study Visit
- November 16, 2016
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
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Parent-to-Parent: The First Time You Saw Your Child
- March 1, 2018
Parent-to-Parent: How to Get Through a Failed Match or Placement?
- February 21, 2018
“Where Were You When You Got The Call?”
- February 2, 2018
“Uncharted Territory”
- December 19, 2017
Share Your Story: Choosing a Gender
- November 5, 2017
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Ask AF: Because Baby Showers Are Bad Enough Without Nosy Questions…
- March 16, 2018
“A Child’s Garden”
- February 24, 2018
Adoption Day Gifts From Russia, with Love
- February 13, 2018
How Do You Respond to “How Long Did It Take You to Adopt?”
- January 24, 2018
“Waiting on a Dream”
- October 24, 2017
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How to Photograph Your Adoption Trip
- March 30, 2018
10 Tips for Adoptive Parents
- March 5, 2018
Ask AF: When and How to Find a Pediatrician During the Adoption Process
- February 21, 2018
10 Steps to Adoption
- February 6, 2018
“Uncharted Territory”
- December 19, 2017
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Ask AF: What Adoptive Parents Need 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+
“Black, White, and the Cornrow in Between”
- March 2, 2018
Yes, You Can Breastfeed
- February 19, 2018
“The Adoption Advantage”
- November 28, 2017
Share Your Story: Baby Carriers
- November 4, 2017
When Adoption Travel is a Family Affair
- October 28, 2017
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Ask AF: Your Older Child’s First Day Home with You
- January 24, 2018
“A Different Kind of Sister”
- January 20, 2018
Ask AF: Transitioning Children to Calling Us “Mom” and “Dad”
- August 17, 2017
“Are Adoptive Moms Allowed to Have a Bad Day?”
- July 25, 2017
“Awake at Last”
- March 28, 2017
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Adoption Day Gifts From Russia, with Love
- February 13, 2018
Adoption Shower for Toddlers or Older Children
- January 28, 2018
“Santa’s Dilemma”
- December 25, 2017
“What ‘Gotcha’ Means to My Family”
- December 22, 2017
“Which Baby Gift Registry is Best?”
- June 22, 2017
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Creating a Photographic History for an Older Child
- March 19, 2018
“One of the Missing Pieces”
- March 19, 2018
Adoption Shower for Toddlers or Older Children
- January 28, 2018
Ask AF: Your Older Child’s First Day Home with You
- January 24, 2018
“Parenting After Foster Adoption—Like Playing Jenga, Backward”
- November 20, 2017
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Talking
Talking to Your Child
Talking to Others
Adoptee Voices
Lifebooks & Scrapbooks
Talking About Tough Topics
In Adoption, the Loving is the Same
- April 8, 2018
“One of the Missing Pieces”
- March 19, 2018
Ask AF: When a Child Questions Adoption vs. Biology
- March 19, 2018
Adoption Workshops: A Place Where Kids Can Share
- February 11, 2018
Ask AF: Will Our Son See His Birth Mother with Her New Baby and Wonder, Why Not Him?
- January 24, 2018
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Parent-to-Parent: “Your Child Looks Just Like You!”
- March 19, 2018
Ask AF: Because Baby Showers Are Bad Enough Without Nosy Questions…
- March 16, 2018
How Do You Respond to “How Long Did It Take You to Adopt?”
- January 24, 2018
“You Have to Be Perfect.” And Other Adoption Myths
- October 15, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: “Do You Talk with the Teacher About Adoption?”
- September 19, 2017
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“This Is For Real”
- April 15, 2018
“Finding Peace Through the Adoptee Community”
- January 24, 2018
Teens Speak Out About Open Adoption
- January 17, 2018
“Mom, Were You Alive During Woodstock?”
- November 30, 2017
“Mommy, Were You Adopted?”
- November 29, 2017
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Creating a History for Your Teen During Infancy
- December 29, 2016
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
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“One of the Missing Pieces”
- March 19, 2018
Ask AF: Explaining to Our Child That We Can’t Adopt Her Foster Sister
- October 23, 2017
When Parents Divorce
- August 6, 2017
Ask AF: Sharing Painful Birth Parent News with My Child
- July 17, 2017
Adoption at the Movies
- June 14, 2017
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Transracial
Culture & Heritage
Racial Identity
Conspicuous Families
“Race…and Starbucks”
- March 19, 2018
“This We Believe”
- March 15, 2018
TB and Adoption: What Parents Needs to Know
- March 13, 2018
“Our Domestic Heritage Trip to San Antonio”
- January 21, 2018
“A Visit to My Daughter’s Homeland”
- December 18, 2017
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“This Is For Real”
- April 15, 2018
“At Home in Two Worlds”
- March 31, 2018
“Overcoming All Odds”
- March 26, 2018
Are You Considering Transracial Adoption?
- March 22, 2018
“Race…and Starbucks”
- March 19, 2018
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“How I Parent My Transracial Family”
- October 30, 2017
“Keeping Up Appearances” – Our Skin and 4C Hair Care Routine
- October 24, 2017
“Memory Givers”
- September 1, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: Explaining Attention and Questions from Strangers
- July 18, 2017
Share Your Story: Adopting a Child of a Different Race
- June 3, 2017
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Openness
Living with Openness
Connections to the Past
Birth Parent Voices
Search & Reunion
Ask AF: What to Consider Before a Kinship Adoption Placement
- February 21, 2018
Ask AF: Will Our Son See His Birth Mother with Her New Baby and Wonder, Why Not Him?
- January 24, 2018
Teens Speak Out About Open Adoption
- January 17, 2018
Ask AF: Explaining to a Child That His Sibling Will Be Adopted By Another Family
- December 22, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: Holiday Gifts for Your Child’s Birth Family
- December 19, 2017
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“Visiting Our Daughter’s Russian Orphanage”
- March 3, 2018
The Four Agreements in Open Adoption
- February 26, 2018
“A Delicate Balance”
- January 16, 2018
“The China Sisters”
- November 23, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: Like Birth Mother, Like Child
- October 24, 2017
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Ask AF: Explaining to a Child That His Sibling Will Be Adopted By Another Family
- December 22, 2017
“Letting Go After Months of Struggling to Parent”
- May 9, 2017
Bringing Birth Siblings Into Our Children’s Stories—and Lives
- January 25, 2017
The Birth Parent Perspective: Stats and Chart
- October 19, 2016
“Finding My Place in the Family”
- October 17, 2016
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The Paternity Test, Part 2: “The Results”
- February 21, 2018
The Paternity Test, Part 1: “I Hope It’s Them”
- January 24, 2018
Making the Connection with Birth Parents in Adolescence
- December 9, 2017
“Amanda’s Journey Home to Her Birth Country”
- October 25, 2017
“Looking for Answers in Guatemala”
- September 28, 2017
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Parenting
Ages & Stages
At School
Health, Medicine & Development
Family Dynamics
Peers & Friendships
Holidays & Celebrations
Modern Families
Your Job as Consultant and Coach
- 21 hours ago
“One of the Missing Pieces”
- March 19, 2018
3 Tasks for College-Bound Adoptees
- February 21, 2018
Why Race Matters for Teens
- December 11, 2017
“Is It Just a Phase?”
- December 6, 2017
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“Overcoming All Odds”
- March 26, 2018
3 Tasks for College-Bound Adoptees
- February 21, 2018
A Guide for Teachers: Helping Classmates Understand Adoption
- February 8, 2018
Ask AF: Encouraging a Cohesive Racial and Cultural Identity
- November 17, 2017
Share Your Story: Adoption & School
- November 2, 2017
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TB and Adoption: What Parents Needs to Know
- March 13, 2018
Ask AF: When and How to Find a Pediatrician During the Adoption Process
- February 21, 2018
Yes, You Can Breastfeed
- February 19, 2018
My Daughter, the Shoplifter
- October 24, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: Like Birth Mother, Like Child
- October 24, 2017
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Creating a Photographic History for an Older Child
- March 19, 2018
Ask AF: When a Child Questions Adoption vs. Biology
- March 19, 2018
“Buying the Lie About Infertility and Adoption”
- February 26, 2018
Ask AF: What to Consider Before a Kinship Adoption Placement
- February 21, 2018
2017 Cover Photo Contest Winners
- November 27, 2017
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The Wrong Crowd?
- October 17, 2017
Helping Teens with Transitions
- September 6, 2017
When Boys are Bullies and Girls Are Mean
- July 14, 2017
“A Balanced View of Adoption”
- June 13, 2017
Sometimes Making Friends Takes Practice
- June 4, 2017
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Parent-to-Parent: Holiday Gifts for Your Child’s Birth Family
- December 19, 2017
2017 Gifts that Give Back
- November 16, 2017
2017 Holiday Gift Guide
- October 13, 2017
“Anniversary”
- February 21, 2017
Parent-to-Parent: My Favorite Adoption Memory
- January 23, 2017
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“Mom, Were You Alive During Woodstock?”
- November 30, 2017
2017 Cover Photo Contest Winners
- November 27, 2017
How to Talk About “Dad” in Single Mother Families
- September 2, 2017
“My Single Mother’s Legacy”
- April 25, 2017
“And Baby Makes Three”
- April 13, 2017
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