Learn about Maryland adoption laws and find adoption agencies and attorneys who work with families in your state.
New Jersey Adoption Laws and Policies
Learn about New Jersey adoption laws and find adoption agencies and attorneys who work with families in your state.
Their Questions About Adoption, Our Answers
Short answers to questions people ask about adoption, plus the straight facts, if you want to educate.
Alabama Adoption Laws and Policies
Learn about Alabama adoption laws and find adoption agencies and attorneys who work with families in your state.
Colorado Adoption Laws and Policies
Learn about Colorado adoption laws and find adoption agencies and attorneys who work with families in your state.
New York Adoption Laws and Policies
Learn about New York adoption laws and find adoption agencies and attorneys who work with families in your state.
“Open Adoption Is…”
For our family, open adoption is peach roses, scrambling to buy bottles, and feeling out our relationship with the birth mom.
[Book Review] Brown Babies, Pink Parents
Written with compassion, and from the perspective of "been there, done that," Brown Babies, Pink Parents is an amazing resource for transracial adoptive families. Read the full review, here.
“Should I Proclaim My Family’s Multiracial Identity?”
My son's Mexican heritage is not apparent to others. Is it my responsibility to identify ourselves as a multiracial family?
“We’re Adopting!” How to Announce Your Decision to Friends and Family
Adoptive Families readers share the when, what, and how of announcing their decision to grow their families.
All Grown Up
A parent's role changes when a teen leaves the nest. Here's how to start relating to your child as a young adult, and reinforce your bond.
“20 Years of Letters to Our Son’s Birth Mom”
Though we never heard back from our son's birth mother, I continued to write, bragging with a motherly pride I thought only she could understand.
[Book Review] Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other
Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other is a sweet collection of stories on adoption — told with Scott's trademark sense of humor, that doesn't ignoring the challenging aspects.
Legal Guide to Naming Your Child
What do we need to know about naming our child?
Getting the Grandparents on Board
Their grandparents' love secures our children a place in the family. Here's how to teach the older generation about adoption.
Creating a Personal Adoption Storybook for Your Preschooler
Telling your child's story in book form can cement his sense of belonging in your family and boost his self-esteem.
Encouraging Healthy Eating Habits
Now is the time to instill healthy eating habits, in meal choices and snack practices.
Other Brothers (and Sisters!)
Six families share their amazing stories about the power of birth sibling connections.
[Book Review] Shades of People
Have you noticed that people come in many different shades? Not colors exactly, but shades. These are the opening words from the beaming montage of young faces on the pages of this luscious children's book.
“Knowing Our Son’s Birth Father”
It has been hard to watch Kenneth struggle as a birth dad in an open adoption. I wish my husband and I could make it easier for him, and for our son.