Each year, Adoptive Families polls newly formed families across the country to get actual information on the cost and length of time it took them to complete their adoptions. We are grateful to every one of you who took our most recent Adoption Cost & Timing Survey.
State adoption laws are always in flux. Read on to learn what changes have been made or are being considered as 2017 began.
View the replay of the "Adoption Tax Credit Webinar" with Becky Wilmoth, EA, for an overview of the credit—what is covered, what is not, how the guidelines differ for families that adopt internationally vs. domestically or from U.S. foster care, and how and when to file for it.
A New Jersey law signed in 2014 went into effect on January 1, 2017, and adoptees in that state may now access their original birth certificates and other adoption records.
Adoptive parents and adoptees share their favorite adoption memories from the past year, including first Mother's Days, finalizing adoptions, and gaining access to open records.
Looking for your next great read? Check out our editor-curated list of the most noteworthy books about adoption from 2016.
Advice for parents from parents on how to navigate explaining adoption to the classroom during back to school season, and beyond!
Real parents share how they prepared for the adoption home study visit with a social worker, offering helpful tips and some funny stories.
"After my daughter told classmates that she was adopted, they responded that they 'feel sorry' for her. What can I do to help?"
Whether you see your child’s birth parents frequently or have never had contact, you can still imbue your adoption and your relationship with your child with openness.
Parents weigh in on talking with their child's teacher and sharing resources at the start of a new school year.
“After four years of fertility treatments, a friend recommended that we attend an adoption seminar. My husband and I weren’t open to adoption, but we decided to go. The hour-and-a-half seminar changed our lives forever."
A new study by The Donaldson Adoption Institute found that LGBT families are highly motivated to maintain openness and birth family contact.
Doctors at a gender management clinic have found that 8.2 percent of the 184 transgender youth they've seen between 2007 and 2015 were adopted. The overall rate in their state is 2.3 percent.
What kind of referral information will I receive about a child available for adoption, and how do I assess it?
Adoption presentations in first and second grade are easy. Then what?
Use this guide to plan a family movie night or two this season. These flicks will captivate your kids, and open up adoption talks long after the credits have rolled.
Although the adoption of refugee children was more complicated than I expected, it has been infinitely rewarding. These children and their past are now part of me.
Adopting a baby in the United States has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. When will popular perceptions catch up with the new, healthier reality? Here, an adoptive mother dispels common myths about adopting a newborn.
We're about to adopt a toddler. How can we ease his adjustment during our first weeks as a family?
