How to Adopt a Stepchild - For Adopting Stepparent

This time of year always gets to be a little more than other times. The daughter we thought would be ours is turning two. When we officially starte

Doug and Deanne Walker have 19 children, 10 of whom are adopted. These loving parents have been up and down and all around adoption, and seem to me

For this article, I had the amazing pleasure of interviewing Jessica Butler, who is the creator and editor of the blog Raise Magazine. Jessica is b

My heart was broken by the thought of so many children without loving homes, but I had no idea what to do about it. I was young and definitely not

I felt the familiar coil building in my stomach. “Wow….” I thought. “They really have it together! I should get it together…I should do m

Every state has different laws, rules, and requirements when it comes to adoption—from who is eligible to be adopted to who is eligible to adopt�

According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2010 an estimated 4.3 million children or 4.7 percent of children under 18 years of age lived in a

One of our 2-year old’s favorite books is,”I Have a Dream,” with beautiful paintings by Kadir Nelson. She received it as a birthday

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

In-family adoption is incredibly common, but unfortunately not a topic many adoption books or classes choose to delve into as no two families are t