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A mother sharing her child's adoption story

Is Adoption Sad?

We may feel one way or the other, but it's our kids who must decide.

Common classroom assignments can raise adoption issues

Star of the Week

Fielding questions about adoption at school starts early. Is your child ready?

Struggles with infertility led this family to foster adoption.

“How I Finally Got Into Club Mom”

The cruelest parts of infertility? Having to attend baby showers, coo over ultrasound pictures, and being told it's "God's will" that you're still childless.

Learn about the adoption transition diet for your child.

The Adoption Transition Diet

Dana E. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., on introducing new foods and addressing feeding challenges in a newly adopted child.

Adoption Experts answer your questions.

Ask AF: Inappropriate Affection

Our seven-year-old daughter was adopted about nine months ago and is adjusting well. We wonder how to respond when she shows inappropriate affection to family members or friends.

The "adoption talk" can happen at any time

The Evolving Conversation

Should parents initiate talk about adoption or wait for their child's questions? Sometimes you lead, say the authors, and sometimes you follow.

Nontraditional families are everywhere

“Raising California

Families are forming in all sorts of ways, in a rainbow of colors, and my son through adoption is growing up right in the middle of all of it.

Adoption expert Lois Melina on talking with adopted children about unknown birth family information

How to Explain Adoption to Family and Friends

The way you respond to questions like, "What is adoption?" can influence how a person understands adoptive families–and explains them to others. Use these ideas to correct misinformation and set a positive tone.

Building a relationship with a birth mother

“Intimate Strangers”

She was going to have a child but couldn’t keep it, I wanted a child desperately but couldn’t have one. She was the mother at birth; I was the mother right after. It sounds simple, but it wasn’t.

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