Older Parents, Single Parents, LGBT Families, & Other Modern Adoptive Families


Parenting advice and personal stories by older parents, single parents, parents in LGBT families, and other modern families formed through adoption.

same sex adoption

News Brief: U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Alabama’s Refusal to Recognize Same-Sex Adoption

News Brief: U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Alabama’s Refusal to Recognize Same-Sex Adoption

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that denied the parental rights of a partner in a former same-sex couple.

Single Mother Adoption

“Why My Daughter Wants Me to Marry”

In Eleni’s mind, my future husband would have two daughters, preferably between the ages of six and 14. And perhaps a dog or two, so the pets could keep each other company. (My husband would be my buddy, so we’d all have someone to play with.) We’d live in a big house, with a wraparound porch and flat-screen TVs. And if anything bad happened in the world–like if people started kidnapping lots of children, “Mommy — we’d all be there to protect each other.”

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