Adopting? How to adopt or foster a child, baby or orphan

Finished everything in your Netflix queue and wondering what to watch next? Consider making time for one (or all) of these fascinating documentarie

There is a spiraling epidemic in this country, one with consequences affecting an alarming number of people. And unless you live in a closet, you p

It may seem obvious, but mothers who place their children for adoption can very easily experience post-placement depression. Sounds reasonable. But

Congratulations!  The friend who has asked you to help in their adoption process truly loves and trusts you. Many people look their whole lives fo

Recently it was FASD awareness day, a day to raise awareness against FASD. It is a time when parents and people diagnosed with FASD share their sto

Growing your family through adoption is a beautiful thing. It doesn’t matter if it’s domestic, foster, kinship or international – you lov

Long ago (like, the 1990s), the only way adoptees had to find their birth families was to check old hospital records, hire a private investigator,

Probably that title should read ‘children’ plural, instead of singular, since I’ve had the experience of meeting my new child five different

Humanity does exist.  Foster children’s lives consist of insecurity and often empty of the opportunities to just be a kid.  But what happens wh

When you go through an adoption, a strange phenomenon occurs where it seems people suddenly lose all manners and take this time as an invitation to