My wife has ongoing health problems, but they are not debilitating. Will this be a factor in the home study?
Ask AF: Disclosing Criminal History in a Home Study
When I was a teenager, I was convicted of driving under the influence. It was a long time ago and I am long past those drinking days. Do I need to tell the social worker about it?
Ask AF: What is a Home Study?
I am thinking about adopting, but the idea of a home study makes me nervous. What is it, and do I need to be concerned?
When Love Has a Price
"Good-hearted, ethical people find themselves turning a blind eye to red flags, not because they are desperate for a baby, but because they know they will provide a good home to a child who needs one."
“Can You Suggest Kids’ Adoption Books for Single Parents?”
Books can help our children make sense of their own stories. They may have questions about things they don’t feel like talking about: being adopted, being raised by a single parent, being raised by gay or lesbian parents.
Letters to Birth Mothers, from Wondering Hearts
Distance doesn't eliminate a desire to communicate with the birth mothers that children imagine, as these letters demonstrate.
Talking to Expectant Mothers Before a Match
We just completed our profile for potential birth mothers, and our agency told us to start expecting calls. How do we handle those first conversations?
[Book Review] Megan’s Birthday Tree
When Megan was born, her birth mother, Kendra, planted a tree in her backyard. Every year on Megan's birthday, Kendra decorates the tree and sends photos of it to Megan, in honor of their special bond.
Ask AF: Explaining Adoption to Other Kids
How can our close friends explain our domestic adoption of a five-year-old to their young children, ages three to six?
Ask AF: Books for Understanding the Birth Mothers’ Perspective
Do you know of any books, like I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters from the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children, written for kids adopted from China?
Ask AF: Writing to the Birth Father
My husband and I adopted a baby boy about four months ago. Much to our surprise, the birth father has decided to file an opposition to the adoption.
Ask AF: When Grandparents Protest Adoption Disruption
We tried therapy, but, in the end, we found a childless family who adopted her. We are at peace with our decision. Our families are not. They say we gave up on our daughter.
Ask AF: The Home Study Report and Family Difficulties
I'm worried that my lack of a relationship with any family members will negatively affect our impending home study report.
Ask AF: Why Just One Adoption Attorney Won’t Do
"Can prospective adoptive parents and birth family share an attorney?" A legal adoption expert explains.
Ask AF: Building a Good Relationship with Your Pediatrician
How can I work with my child's health care provider to make sure my child gets the best possible care?
Questions About Being “Given Up”
Our seven-year-old daughter knows her adoption story, but, lately, she's been asking a lot of questions about why she was 'given up.'
Ask AF: A New Sister
We’ve been reading a Big Brother book to our three-year-old son (adopted at birth) to prepare him for the arrival of a six-week-old sister.
[Book Review] ABC, Adoption and Me
Although the "ABC" concept makes it seem that this would be a book for younger kids, this collaboration between an adoptive mother and her daughter tackles weighty topics.
Ask AF: An Unknown Birth Father
Our daughter's birth mother says she has no idea who the birth father is. We don't know his first name or even the color of his hair.
Ask AF: Explaining Kinship Adoption
My younger daughter adopted her sister's child. My granddaughter's now eight, and knows that she was adopted, but she doesn't know that her "Auntie" is her birth mother.