By Amanda Grant Good news if you’re wondering how to pay for your adoption! Adopting a child is expensive, but there are resources and tools available that can significantly lower the cost ...

After years of trying to conceive, adopting parents are so often disappointed they feel they may never find a child. They suspect they are competing with everyone else looking to adopt and worry ...

 By Rita L. Soronen, President & CEO, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption  In response to the financial demands on families who step forward to adopt, particularly those who adopt ...

From Chapter I (“Out of the Shadows, into Our Lives) of Part I (“Don’t Whisper, Don’t Lie—It’s Not a Secret Anymore”) My son was three years old and my ...

Awestruck by the birth of her first grandbaby, one grandmother was shocked when she realized her tears were not those of joy, but of sadness.  Realizing her grandbaby looked nothing like her ...

Parents are parents and they think about their children all the time.  Whether you’ve adopted or given birth, your role is one of protector, teacher, and nurturer. In this role, you see ...

New adoptive parents love nothing more than telling their adoption stories,” and people considering adopting never get tired of listening to them. These stories generally begin with a ...

As a white person, my understanding of what it took to bring a black, Latino, or Asian child into my family was straightforward. You either adopted a black or biracial child domestically or you ...

The first thing you notice when looking through the literature on birthfathers is how little there actually is.  When we think about the “adoption triangle,” those people who play ...

Can you imagine being a five-year-old and learning that the world is violent as your body is battered and bruised at the hand of those who should love you most?  Can you imagine waking in the ...