Feature
“Take It from Us!”: Open Adoption
Real-life advice from real families on understanding openness, navigating visits and contact, explaining birth siblings, and more. | BY ADOPTIVE FAMILIES READERS
Personal Essays
“Waiting on a Dream”
Matched out of the blue with an expectant mother, we were told the next call might come within days. But as the wait stretched to weeks and then months, I despaired—would our dreams ever come true? | BY JESSICA WAGNER
“Keeping Up Appearances”
As the parents of four black children, we drop a small fortune on lotion and products and build time into our schedule to style their hair, all the while questioning whether we know what we’re doing. A recent conversation offered some much-needed reassurance. | BY BILLY CUCHENS
Parent-to-Parent
Like Birth Mother, Like Child
Parents share talents or traits they see in their child that must be inherited from his or her birth family.
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Adoption Month Calendar
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News Briefs
Council on Accreditations (COA) May Stop Accrediting Adoption Agencies
Ethiopia to Cease Processing Adoptions, and More International Adoption Updates
American Express Ranked #1 Adoption-Friendly Workplace in 2017
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, RE: September 2017
Thank You to This Issue’s Sponsors:
Adoption by Shepherd Care
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Bethany Christian Services
Children’s Connections Inc.
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Ellyn J. Bullock, Solberg & Bullock, LLC
Dr. Jane Aronson
Texas Children’s Hospital