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November 17, 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

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Adopting
- 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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- Brotherly (and Sisterly) Love in Foster Care - September 17, 2018
- The Story Behind the Cover Photo: “The Words I’ll Never Forget” - August 28, 2018
- 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
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- “Our Journey to China to Adopt Our Daughter” - June 26, 2018
- “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
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- Ask AF: Should We Try to Adopt Our Children’s Biological Sibling? - October 29, 2018
- Parents Share: Deciding What Age Child to Adopt - October 29, 2018
- Are You Considering Transracial Adoption? - March 22, 2018
- “Beyond All Expectations” - March 12, 2018
- “A Family Renewed” - February 25, 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
- 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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- “For Their Children” - October 3, 2018
- “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
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- Parents Share: Deciding What Age Child to Adopt - October 29, 2018
- The Story Behind the Cover Photo: “The Words I’ll Never Forget” - August 28, 2018
- “First Words” - June 26, 2018
- 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
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- Ask AF: Responding to Insensitive and Discouraging Comments During the Wait - May 24, 2018
- 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
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- From Only Child to Oldest - October 4, 2018
- 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
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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
- “How We Bonded with Our Child” - October 27, 2018
- “Fool for Love” - October 2, 2018
- Celebrating Sameness in Your Family - September 22, 2018
- “Motherhood, Cleaved.” - July 24, 2018
- Parents Share: “My Best Bonding Advice” - July 24, 2018
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- How Did You Prepare Your First Child for a Sibling? - October 22, 2018
- Support Groups for Adoptive Parents and Families - October 6, 2018
- 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
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- “Finally Father’s Day” - October 1, 2018
- “Baby Benjamin’s Adoption Day” - August 23, 2018
- “Motherhood, Cleaved.” - July 24, 2018
- Parents Share: Celebrating with an Adoption Shower - May 24, 2018
- Adoption Day Gifts From Russia, with Love - February 13, 2018
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- “The Fine Line Between Letting Go and Being Let Go” - October 29, 2018
- “Band-Aid Mom” - September 13, 2018
- Interview with Melissa Fay Green - August 17, 2018
- Parents Share: “My Best Bonding Advice” - July 24, 2018
- “First Words” - June 26, 2018
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Talking
- Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun” - October 29, 2018
- Ask AF: How to Help Our Teen Through Depression? - October 5, 2018
- From Only Child to Oldest - October 4, 2018
- Ask AF: Sharing Difficult Details with a Seven-Year-Old - September 26, 2018
- When Grandparents Adopt - August 28, 2018
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- How Adoption Grew Secret - October 20, 2018
- Support Groups for Adoptive Parents and Families - October 6, 2018
- “From Then to Now” - September 26, 2018
- “How We’re Different, and How We’re The Same” - August 19, 2018
- Once Upon a Time: Writing Your Adoption Stories - July 11, 2018
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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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- Capturing Your Child’s Journey Through Life - September 21, 2018
- 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
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- Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun” - October 29, 2018
- Ask AF: Sharing Difficult Details with a Seven-Year-Old - September 26, 2018
- Ask AF: How to Tell My Son That I Can’t Adopt His Biological Sister? - August 28, 2018
- The Talk: Revealing the Realities of Racism to My African-American Child - May 30, 2018
- Ask AF: How to Explain to My Child That His Birth Mother Was Addicted to Drugs? - May 24, 2018
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Transracial
- An Overview of Heritage Travel - October 19, 2018
- Books and Articles for Introducing Race and Racism to Children - September 16, 2018
- “Bagels and Pho” - September 12, 2018
- “Back to Bucaramanga” – Meeting My Daughter’s Birth Mother in Colombia - August 28, 2018
- AF’s, Complete Guide to Heritage Travel - August 18, 2018
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- “Home Safe Every Night” - October 29, 2018
- Ask AF: How to Choose a School for Our Transracially Adopted Child? - August 28, 2018
- Journeys of Discovery - August 14, 2018
- [EXCERPT] That Kind of Mother - July 24, 2018
- Primer for Talking About Race and Racism - July 9, 2018
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- Connecting With the Black Community - May 23, 2018
- “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
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Openness
- [EXCERPT] Those Three Words - October 29, 2018
- Parents Share: “Our Open Adoption Over the Years” - August 28, 2018
- “Motherhood, Cleaved.” - July 24, 2018
- Ask AF: When and How to Tell Our Child She Has Birth Siblings? - July 24, 2018
- “Meeting Jennifer” – Opening a Foster Adoption - May 24, 2018
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- “‘Trashy’ Parents?” - June 26, 2018
- Ask AF: How to Ask My Children About Trauma in Their Past? - May 24, 2018
- “Visiting Our Daughter’s Russian Orphanage” - March 3, 2018
- The Four Agreements in Open Adoption - February 26, 2018
- “A Delicate Balance” - January 16, 2018
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- [EXCERPT] Those Three Words - October 29, 2018
- 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
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- Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun” - October 29, 2018
- How Adoption Grew Secret - October 20, 2018
- “Back to Bucaramanga” – Meeting My Daughter’s Birth Mother in Colombia - August 28, 2018
- “Meeting Jennifer” – Opening a Foster Adoption - May 24, 2018
- Ask AF: How to Share Sad News About a Birth Parent? - April 25, 2018
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Parenting
- “The Fine Line Between Letting Go and Being Let Go” - October 29, 2018
- “Home Safe Every Night” - October 29, 2018
- Handling Teenage Meltdowns - October 8, 2018
- Ask AF: How to Help Our Teen Through Depression? - October 5, 2018
- Parents Share: What My Child’s Friends Want to Know About Adoption - September 26, 2018
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- Parents Share: What My Child’s Friends Want to Know About Adoption - September 26, 2018
- “Life of the Party” - September 26, 2018
- Ask AF: How to Choose a School for Our Transracially Adopted Child? - August 28, 2018
- “Overcoming All Odds” - March 26, 2018
- 3 Tasks for College-Bound Adoptees - February 21, 2018
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- Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun” - October 29, 2018
- How to Raise a Bounce-Back Kid - October 25, 2018
- Raising a Child Who Loves Reading - October 24, 2018
- How Parents Can Encourage Language Skills - October 23, 2018
- “Heart’s Content” - October 17, 2018
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- “Life of the Party” - September 26, 2018
- When Grandparents Adopt - August 28, 2018
- Just Say “Yes” to Positive Parenting - June 26, 2018
- Lessons I’ve Learned from My Children - May 24, 2018
- Creating a Photographic History for an Older Child - March 19, 2018
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- Hosting Productive Play Dates - October 21, 2018
- Parents Share: What My Child’s Friends Want to Know About Adoption - September 26, 2018
- “But How Did He Know About My Mama?” - July 24, 2018
- The Wrong Crowd? - October 17, 2017
- Helping Teens with Transitions - September 6, 2017
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- Parent-to-Parent: Holiday Gifts for Your Child’s Birth Family - December 19, 2017
- 2018 Gifts that Give Back - November 16, 2017
- 2018 Holiday Gift Guide - October 13, 2017
- “Anniversary” - February 21, 2017
- Parent-to-Parent: My Favorite Adoption Memory - January 23, 2017
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- “Finally Father’s Day” - October 1, 2018
- “Feeling Like Family” - September 30, 2018
- “Before I Became a Mom” - September 14, 2018
- When Grandparents Adopt - August 28, 2018
- “Among Friends” - August 20, 2018
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