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High school junior Evelyn wanted to throw off her good-girl reputation and get her parents’ attention, but never planned on getting pregnant.
Intercountry adoption laws are updated frequently. Learn about recent changes in Uganda, Romania, Haiti, and Ethiopia.
How our children feel about a separation, and how we can help them cope.
One mother shares the special memories she has of bonding with her child during breastfeeding, and the book that helped her figure it out.
I have no idea what percentage of a personality is determined by genes. I don't even know what a percentage of a personality is. But if there's anything I can do to load the dice in my child's favor, I'll do it. Most adoptive parents feel the same. Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents is for us.
What can I do to care for my children's teeth and protect them from future dental problems?
For eight years, my wife and I watched our chances of having a baby evaporate. Then our eleven-year-old niece came to live with us, bringing with her a bittersweet deliverance.
At nine, my daughter is becoming aware of the many ways in which the world is unjust, and is doing her part to promote fairness where she can.
The best ways to promote your preschooler's literacy skills.
"What do I need to know about adding to my family?"
"How do I do this alone?" Single parent expert Lee Varon answers.
"How do we disclose a lifelong medical condition to our child, and talk with her about lacking any information about her birth parents?"
I am the white, single mother of an eight-year-old Asian girl, whom I adopted when she was six days old. As you can imagine, I have given a lot of thought to "the daddy question."
As my daughter grows up, a typical, American kid, we are free to imagine only happy endings for the family she left behind.
"We found that using massage techniques helped our child relax and eased the transition from an orphanage setting to that of a loving family."
Years of working with at-risk adopted children have taught us powerful truths about how to forge a strong parent-child connection. When children have experienced maltreatment or neglect prior to adoption, the idea of family may be confusing to them.
"A lot of people didn't believe," Ms. Horton said. "But I believe in my child. And his therapist believed."
When parents expect the worst from their children, they often get it.
This is a beautifully honest, thoughtful, and enlightened guide.
