No matter what you do, your preteen is mortified by your presence. What’s going on?
When Your Teen Starts to Date
As adopted teens enter the dating game, unique issues will arise. Are you ready to tackle them?
New-Mom Support Groups
Adoptive mothers have unique questions and concerns. Here’s how to get the help–and guidance–you need.
Oh, Brother! Oh, Sister!
Adding another child to your family can be exhilarating. But first, you’ll have to prep your preschooler.
Sticky Assignments
From requests for baby pictures to making family trees, adopted kids face challenges in the classroom. Here’s how to help.
Share Your Story: Evolving Holiday Traditions
We asked our reader panel: Did you adapt your family’s existing holiday traditions after adopting your child? If so, tell us how.
Rethinking Priorities During the Holiday Season
Your newly adopted baby needs a safe, stable environment in order to develop trust and bond. Here are ways to keep the chaos of the holidays at bay.
Why Preschoolers Need Limits
Many of us want to indulge our children with gifts and leniency. But that’s not what kids need.
“Raising Our Daughters, Special Needs and All”
They’ll each face different issues in their lives. But my daughters will get through them together, as real sisters.
New Family Values
As more singles and gay and lesbian couples are becoming parents by way of adoption, their children may face questions from their schoolmates or tough class projects. Here’s how families thrive.
Ask AF: Staying on Formula
Answers to your parenting questions.
Imaginary Birth Parents
Your child may never have met his first mom and dad. But that doesn’t mean he’s not spinning stories about them.
Ask AF: Graduating from the Family Bed
Answers to your parenting questions.
A Memo to My Fellow Teachers
When it comes to adoption, instructors need to check their curriculum and their stereotypes.
Feeling Like Part of the Extended Family
The more you involve the grandparents (and aunts, uncles, and cousins, too) in you adoption process, the more your child feels like part of the clan.
Is There a Test to Determine a Child’s Age?
We were told that our daughter was six when she was adopted, but she seems much younger. Is there a medical test to determine her age accurately?
From Their Mouths to Our Ears
It’s never too early to assess our children’s speech and language development — and to seek support if needed.
Ask AF: Telling Children About a Change of Heart
Adoption expert Ronny Diamond outlines how to tell children when an expectant mother match falls through, after they’ve become attached to the idea of a new brother or sister.
Ask AF: Sleep Disturbances
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: Telling Children About a Birth Child
A parent who placed a child for adoption wonders how to go about explaining a biological sibling to her current children. Adoption expert Brenda Romanchik answers.