The AAP has released new guidelines for pediatricians to follow when treating children in foster care.
“Visiting Our Daughter’s Orphanage”
One of the cold realities of adopting an older child from China is that she comes with a lot of questions, many of which you can’t answer.
Foster Adoptions Declined Slightly in 2014
Foster adoptions decreased slightly in 2014, continuing a disheartening trend.
AF Picks: Best Adoption Blogs
We scoured the blogosphere for the most funny, heartwarming, honest online reads. Our congratulations to these 18 outstanding picks!
Parent-to-Parent: Contact with Birth Siblings
We asked readers, Does your child have biological siblings? Do they live with their birth parents or with another adoptive family? How do you stay in touch? Here's what you said.
“What Are the Chances We’ll Get ‘The Call’ This Week?”
I finally realized that this was "The Call" when my social worker said, “Do you remember when you said this would be the worst week for you to get picked by an expectant mother?"
“Our Love Stayed with Him”
As foster parents, you hope that the love and security you offer will stay in a child’s heart. When we reconnected with a boy we fostered through two reunifications 14 years ago, we found that it had.
Summer Reading Special
AF's 2011 picks for best adoption books.
Some States Allowing Agencies to Refuse Same-Sex Adoptions
Even as LGBT rights move irreversibly forward, some states are still trying to hold them back.
China Ends One-Child Policy, Adoptees React
China's devastating one-child policy has finally ended. What does it mean for adoptees?
“Should I Play the ‘Adoption Card’?”
I began to have second thoughts about sharing my story in application essays — just as it’s no one else’s business, it shouldn’t factor into a college’s decision to accept me.
Your Step-By-Step Guide to Foster Care Adoption
There are many misconceptions about adopting from foster care. Are children juvenile delinquents? Is it free? Two legal experts separate fact from fiction.
“A Fairy-Tale Beginning, Indeed”
When our own fertility treatment finally failed, Michael said, "There will always be a part of us that wishes that we had met when were younger and could have had children naturally together." At the time, I thought I would always feel that way...
Connecting with Other Adoptees
As they progress through grade school, most children want to "blend in" and be part of the crowd. But what if a child feels that the way she joined her family–through adoption–sets her apart?
Ask AF: Adoption Stigma at School
My daughter took a picture of her birth father to school. She proudly showed it and, when asked where he was, said “prison.” Since then, her best friend’s mother has forbid her daughter from playing with her.
Ask AF: Will Multiple Family Moves Disrupt Attachment?
Our daughter came home two years ago, at 11 months old. In that time, we moved in with my parents while we built a new house, then moved into that house, and, now, it looks like we will have to move again for a new job.
The Games They Play
Along with tea parties and superheroes, our children may incorporate themes like birth and adoption into their play.
“My 10-Year-Old Nephew’s Adoption Day”
Seventeen of us crowded into the court as witnesses to my nephew’s finalization, bringing an end to 10 years spent in foster care—10 years of waiting for this day.
Child Care, Pre-Child?
Should you arrange for day care during the wait, or after your child is home? Readers weigh in.
Ask AF: Behavior at Day Care
Answers to your parenting questions.