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Sirmabekian Law Firm
Our employment lawyers take pride in protecting your rights and interests to ensure you receive fair treatment at the workplace. Sirmabekian Law Group is defined by our integrity coupled with years of experience to get our clients a favorable legal remedy. We know what it takes to get the best result possible through our steadfastness<a href="https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/directory/sirmabekian-law-firm/" title="Read more" >...a>
Napa Valley
Napa Valley is a premier senior living community in Napa, CA, offering a range of care options tailored to meet the unique needs of each resident. Our services include assisted living in Napa, CA, for those who need extra support, independent living for active seniors, and specialized memory care for individuals with Alzheimer’s or dementia.<a href="https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/directory/napa-valley/" title="Read more" >...a>
“It Takes No Special Power to Love a Child”
As she anticipates the release of her documentary Hayden & Her Family, the filmmaker reconnects with the mother of 12 she profiled to discuss special needs adoption, parenting outside “normal” boundaries, and how loving a child changes you.
Family & Children’s Agency
The Adoption Program at Family & Children’s Agency is one of the largest and most respected private nonprofit adoption programs in Connecticut. We are a full service adoption agency. Our programs include: Domestic adoption through FCA for families we home study in CT and NY and our International program in South Korea is available for<a href="https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/directory/family-childrens-agency/" title="Read more" >...a>
The Grammar of Untold Stories: An Interview with Lois Melina
Lois Melina has been a voice of wisdom and authority in the world of adoption for decades. We connected with Melina upon the publication of her latest book, The Grammar of Untold Stories,a collection of personal essays, to discuss immigration and international adoption, transracial adoption and the Black Lives Matter movement, and the many ways adoption and infertility continue to surface in her writing.
“Breathing”
As I prepared to adopt my second child, I welcomed the home study worker into a perfectly clean and ordered home. The scene that greeted her at her post-placement visit was, well, different—but much more real.
ADOPTIONS FROM THE HEART
Founded by an adoptee, Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) has been a leader in open adoption since 1985 with over 7,200 placements. We proudly serve diverse clients and were named an Innovator by HRC for our services with LGBTQ+ families. AFTH is a private, 501 C-3 non-profit, full-service adoption agency. With over 35 years of<a href="https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/directory/adoptions-heart/" title="Read more" >...a>
Thank You, Bàba
Six months after she came home to us, our daughter stopped speaking. As I searched for clues as to her sudden silence, I became profoundly grateful to her Chinese foster father, a man I had never met, for teaching me a valuable lesson about selfless love.
How to Be an Anti-Racist Adoptive Parent
For years, many white adoptive parents of children of color have sought to claim the relatively passive “not-racist” identity, but now is the time to push beyond self-examination into action and become an anti-racist family. Learn how to interrogate your own white privilege; talk with your child about systemic racism, the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many others, and the resulting Black Lives Matter protests; and commit to working toward justice.
Mothering Children of Color Who Are Becoming Adults
As my children move into the world without me, I can’t protect them the way I could when they were little. I can’t assume that their lives and actions will be cloaked with the same privilege I was born with.
Becca Leitman Psychotherapy
As an adoptee in a mixed family of both biological and adopted children, working in the adoption field for the past 15 years has given me the opportunity to share my own adoption story and search for identity. I draw upon my personal experience, and understand complex family systems, as well as the grief and<a href="https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/directory/becca-leitman-psychotherapy-brooklyn-ny/" title="Read more" >...a>
“From Waiting Mom to Flexible Working Mom”
Adoption allowed me to fulfill my dream of finally becoming a mother, and my flexible work schedule allows me to be the mom I’ve always wanted to be. Here’s how you can make it work, too.
Ask AF: Letting a Preteen Take the Lead in a Birth Parent Relationship
"At what age should we start letting our daughter take the lead in birth parent contact? I know that my daughter will be able to call her birth mom freely when she gets her own cellphone, so how do we step back responsibly?"
“On Parenting from Afar”
Once, I grieved the loss of a biological child. Nineteen years later, as I watch my son leap and soar (literally) into adulthood, I am at peace with my role of nurturing the many gifts built into his nature.
Parents Share: No End to the Nosy Adoption Questions
When you formed your family through adoption, everyone seems to think it's their right to ask you nosy questions about adoption. Readers share some of the most common—as well as some of the most outrageous.
15 Noteworthy Adoption Books Published in 2019
Adoptive Families presents our annual roundup of new memoirs, novels, children’s books, and non-fiction with adoption storylines or themes, published in the last year.