How to find an adoption support group that suits your family.
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Friends Like Me: The Value of Adoptee Peer Groups
Want to do something wonderful for your grade-schooler? Hook her up with other kids who were adopted.
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“Support by the Book Club”
A book club to read about our children’s birth cultures became a support group, a forum to discuss the similar parenting issues we were facing.
Finding Good Role Models
Finding someone who understands your child's experience will help him develop a strong sense of self.
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Befriending Other Adoptees
Adopted children fare better if they know other kids who were adopted.
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“The Open Door”
My new child opened up my apartment — and my world — to a new group of friends.
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Off to Culture Camp?
Here's what to consider before this summer's session begins.
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The Benefits of Adoption Playgroups
An adoption playgroup can be a wonderful source of support for children as well as parents.
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Figuring Out Adoption
Preteens need a safe place to explore adoption questions.
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Ask AF: Explaining the Death of a Birth Father
Adoption expert Debbie B. Riley, LCMFT, discusses how to explain the death of a birth father to your child, especially when the birth father has been rarely mentioned.
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