Parenting Tips for Adoptive Parents of Adopted Children

Everyone loves a good story. We can sit for hours looking at “Restored Faith in Humanity” videos or stories on the Ellen show that leave us in

I often tell people that my family and I are blessed to have a “perfect” open adoption. When I say this two conflicting thoughts enter my head:

From the outside, as a parent through adoption, I look at my kids and think, “Wow. You are such a marvel. How our lives collided and I ended up b

So, you’ve decided to adopt an older child? Great! Depending on the age of your child, you may have dodged the sleep and potty training stages (o

I was in a Kroger parking lot when my attorney laid the number on me: $15,000. For a private in-family adoption. I remember feeling like someone ra

Adoption is sensitive on all sides. The children involved for one reason or another did not remain with their biological families. There are differ

Once upon a time a beautiful dark haired boy was born. He was diagnosed with Down Syndrome and quickly placed for adoption. That was on a Saturday.

More than once, I have described my children as being persistent little things and have done so to deflect from the true nature of those moments wh

I don’t know about you, but ever since January I have spent more time calling, writing, and emailing my Congressional Representatives than I have

I will be the first to admit that I went into transracial adoption completely uneducated. Though if you’d asked me at the time, I would have told

Open adoption creates unique relationships. You have gained not only a child, but new adults you may consider as family, too. Having open communica

1. People assume you are co-parenting Tell someone you have an ‘open’ adoption and the first thing you will here is, “Oh I don’t think I co

My son’s love for his birth family doesn’t detract from his love for me. This is possibly one of the most important things I needed to grasp be

When we adopted our daughter the agency gave us some very firm post-placement communication rules: Pictures and a letter the next day, the next wee

The night our son’s first mom chose us to be his parents was also when we realized our great need for good, real-life friendships who understood

Communication is one of the most important parts of any healthy happy relationship. Laura Esquivel said, “Keeping secrets will always lead to unh

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: parenting is hard. Adoptive parenting is a different kind of hard. It can feel like a lonely road, l

Open: An Adoption Story in Three Voices weaves together the stories of three women as they experience the joy, agony, defeat, and life-giving momen

“You are no longer white. You become multiracial and multicultural when you adopt transracially. It is important to make this mental shift so tha

Did you know Parents’ Day is July 23rd? It’s a day meant to celebrate all parents. Share these quotes with the birth parents, adoptive