Without sonograms, morning sickness, and kicking, you have to find the joy in your own "moments" as you wait to adopt.
Letting Go: The Truth About Adoption Disruption
The decision to disrupt an adoption is agonizing. But if it's been made, we must focus on the child's best interests rather than on placing blame, say families and experts.
Is Your Family Ready for a Homeland Journey?
Heritage trips help children discover their past-and inspire who they'll become. Help your child prepare for the journey with these expert-tested tips.
Raising a Bilingual Child
Here's a practical guide to help your child connect to his language heritage.
The Heart of the Matter
How do parents know when a child's behavior is related to adoption, and when it's not?
Imagining Another Life
As adolescents become capable of abstract thinking, they begin to wonder about the family and the country left behind — and the road not taken.
“The Baby Who Never Cried”
Our newly adopted baby didn't like to cuddle, and, when needed us, he either banged his head on the floor or screamed at the top of his lungs.
When Temper Tantrums Become a Way of Life
Parents must find a way to enjoy time with their child before they can end defiant behavior.
“My Hands-On Wait”
I wasn't going to just wait around during the wait. Instead, I filled the time with networking, decorating the baby's nursery, and more.
Private Isn’t Secret
Nosy comments from strangers are one thing. But what do you do when it's a child who's asking difficult questions?
“We Are All Storytellers”
The desire to give our children a history is something we all share. Here's how I turned the story of bringing my son home into an adoption memoir.
Birth Fathers: The Forgotten Half of the Story
Biological fathers get short shrift in fairy tales and real life. But their exclusion can have legal and emotional consequences.
Raising a Child of Another Race
Deliberate parenting can make a difference in a transracial adoption.
Adopting on Your Own the Second — or Third — Time Around
Double the pleasure—or double trouble?
Making a Life for Two
Looking back at her sometimes difficult transition to family life, a mom describes learning to take care of herself as well as her daughter.
Learning from Those Who Have Gone Before You
How to find an adoption support group that suits your family.
How I Explained Adoption to the First Grade
Using a favorite doll and a logic children can follow, one mother enlightens her daughter's curious class about adoption.
“Open Adoption Works for Us”
From a rocky start, we've built a relationship with our children's birth families that has enriched their lives, and ours.
The Top 10 Secrets of Successful Adoption Travel
The adoption trip is a defining moment in a family's life, the event that brings parent and child together at last.
A Bridge to Your Child’s Beginnings
In an excerpt from her book, Cindy Probst talks about why lifebooks, long treasured by foster adopters, make sense for all adoptive families.