Ask AF: Who is My Daddy?

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Prenatal Substance Exposure

We are in the process of adopting a child who may have been exposed to drugs prenatally. How can I learn more about this topic?

Ask AF: Sleep Problems

After two bumpy years, we finally got my daughter, now five, to sleep through the night. But she's recently had a slew of sleep problems: night wakings, anxiety at bedtime, and so on. Is this because of adoption? What can we do? We are exhausted!

adoptees share their experiences in an open adoption video

Video: Open Adoptee Experiences

In this open adoption video, teen and young adult adoptees who grew up knowing their birth parents share their thoughts and experiences.

Explaining Donor Conception in Assisted Reproduction

Experts offer advice on how to talk to your child about donor conception.

A family sitting together happily after accepting an adoption referral

“Each Stage of Adopting our Miracle ‘Rainbow Baby'”

Sometimes life doesn't live up to your hopes; at other times, it surpasses them. When my wife and I got the call, life went beyond my wildest dreams.

Webinar Replay – Adoption Paperwork

View the replay of the webinar "Adoption Paperwork, Explained," with Ketiwe Boahene, to learn about all the documentation required for your adoption home study, why you need it, and how to obtain it.

ART: The Legal Perspective

An attorney explains what laws apply when you build your family through assisted reproduction.

Questions About Birth Siblings

Don't be surprised if your child wants to know about his birth brothers and sisters. Such questions are healthy — and normal.

Trust and Fear of the Unknown in Adoption

“What Will This Baby Be Like?”

A mother shares the "new, unexpected, and amazing" attributes of her adopted son, of which no one talked about at the start of their adoption journey.

Enter the Adoptive Families Then and Now Contest

Then & Now Contest – Your Family & Adoptive Families

Enter our Then and Now Contest - Tell us what Adoptive Families has meant to you and how your family has grown for a chance to win $250.

Should I Adopt a Child with “Special Needs”?

Peg Studaker, supervisor of the Waiting International Child Program at Children’s Home Society and Family Services, in Minnesota, says: "Parenting children with special needs should be a family's first choice. Adopting a special-needs child should never be a second choice because the family could not get the child they really wanted to parent."