Features
Start Talking
Not sure when — or how — to bring up adoption with your toddler or preschooler? Here’s where to begin.
Surviving a Winding Road
What should you be prepared for when pursuing adoption, and how can you lessen the risk of heartache along the way?
Summer Reading Special
Our choices for best adoption books of 2011 — plus excerpts of two adoption-themed memoirs!
Personal Essays
“More Than ‘That Family’“
In choosing this route to adoption, we knew we’d get looks on the street. But the experience of constantly being seen, and recognized, was a whole different story.
“Planning for ‘The Call’“
Are you prepared to receive the news that you’ve been chosen? If not, here are six things we wish we had known, before we became a family of three.
“Emma’s Song“
Since adopting a deaf older child from China, it’s been my privilege to become her interpreter, her voice, her audience, and her mom.
News
Policy and Practice
Kyrgyzstan Opens Door
Ukraine Guidelines Change
Love is Blind
Growing Up Adopted
The Early Years: A Special Book for Baby
Create a simple story for your young child to learn and grow with.
Preschool: The Games They Play
Some play scenarios, like birth or adoption story lines, are common for adopted preschoolers. Here’s how parents can encourage healthy exploration and early discussions.
Elementary: Kids Just Like Me
Meeting kids just like them in a workshop setting can be a powerful experience for children and their parents.
Middle & High School: Discussing Puberty
Puberty can be an especially difficult time for adopted children, who may struggle to relate to their parents’ experiences.
The Experts
When Parents Adopt Out of Birth Order
Many experts say that out of birth order adoption is a bad idea. Yet, there are many ways to make it work for your family.
Finally Final
Adoption can’t be finalized until after marathon of post-placement visits and termination of parental rights. Here’s what to expect before, during, and after the hearing.
Departments
ASK AF
- Are Home Studies Transferable?
- Answering Complex Questions
- When a Child Looks Like One Parent
- Behavior at Day Care
PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS: Mommy & Me and Daddy & Me
Thank You to This Issue’s Sponsors:
Adoption ARC
Adoption Services Associates
Americans for International Aid and Adoption
Beacon House Adoption Services
Bethany Christian Services
Dillon International
A Beka English as a Second Language
Adopt From Poland
Adoption-Link
Adoption Nutrition
Adoptions from the Heart
Children’s Connections, Inc.
Children’s Health
Childrens’ Home Society of Minnesota
Cleveland Clinic
Cono Christian School
European Adoption Consultants
Spence-Chapin
Susan Parr Travel
The Russian Orphan Lighthouse Project
Valley Health System