Adopting a child is a serious process. There are several reasons why families choose to adopt children. Despite your reason, adopting a child is a process you must be ready for. When adopting, you have to ensure that the emotion(s) of the child(ren) are a top...
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Co-parent Adoption: A Critical Protection for LGBTQ+ Families
Every child deserves to be part of a loving family, and establishing a secure legal relationship known as parentage between parents and their children is critical to the well-being of all families. This provides stability and security for children and allows parents...
Talking to Your Teen About Being Adopted
Between the ages of seven and twelve, many adopted children develop an increasing curiosity about their background and how they came to be adopted. During adolescence, that interest often intensifies. Teenagers sculpt their self-identity largely through studying their...
National Adoption Month 2021
National Adoption Month is an initiative of the Children's Bureau that seeks to increase national awareness of adoption issues, bring attention to the need for adoptive families for teens in the U.S. foster care system, and emphasize the value of youth engagement. We...
The Foster Care Crisis: The Shortage Of Foster Parents In America
May Is National Foster Care Month - a time to recognize that we each can play a part in enhancing the lives of children and youth in foster care. There is an overwhelming need across the country to help the more than 430,000...
Our little boy was worth the wait
May Is National Foster Care Month - a time to recognize that we each can play a part in enhancing the lives of children and youth in foster care. There is an overwhelming need across the country to help the more than 430,000...