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Adoption.org Blog Archive Year - 2019
- What Are Your Christmas or Holiday Traditions As a Family?
- What Are Some Tips for Navigating a Transracial Adoption?
- What Are Birth Mother Expenses and Other Costs in Adoption?
- How Do You Celebrate Your Child's Culture and Holidays?
- How Do I Overcome Feeling Unprepared to Foster or Adopt?
- What Are the Dangers of Aging Out of Foster Care?
- What Do I Need to Know to Parent a Foster Child?
- What Does 'Special Needs' Mean in Adoption?
- What Do I Need to Know About Traveling and Adoption?
- What Are Good Gifts to Give in an Open Adoption?
- Why Are Foster Care and Adoption Training Required?
- How Should I Prepare for the Adoption Process?
- Where Can I Get Help with Adoption Costs?
- How to Celebrate Thanksgiving with My Foster/Adopted Child?
- What Are Questions Adopted Kids Might Ask Their Parents?
- Is Open Adoption Good?
- Do Foster Parents Get Paid and Why?
- How Should I Talk About Adoption with My Children?
- Is Homeschool a Good Idea for My Adopted Child?
- What Are Some Good Books for Adoptive Children and Parents?
- How Can I Survive the Wait?
- What Are Some Tips for Connecting with an Expectant Mom?
- What Are Some Things I Need to Put in My Adoption Profile?
- How Can I Bond with My Foster Child?
- Can I Change My Child's Name When I Adopt Them?
- Can I Adopt Even Though I'm Older?
- Should I Worry About Ethical Adoption?
- How Can I Help Children in Need if I Can't Foster or Adopt?
- National Adoption Month: Why and How We Celebrate
- What Are Some Tips for a New Foster Parent?
- Is Adopting a Baby Abroad Hard?
- How Could I Afford International Adoption?
- Preparing to Travel When Internationally Adopting?
- Is Homeschooling My Adopted or Foster Child a Good Idea?
- How Do I Ensure My Adoption Is Ethical?
- Should I Choose Foster Adoption or Domestic Infant Adoption?
- What If My Birth Parent Becomes Distant After Reunion?
- Why Are More People Choosing Open Adoption Over Closed?
- What Are the Positives and Negatives of Adopting Siblings?
- How Do I Avoid Adoption Fraud?
- How Will I Know I'm Ready to Adopt?
- What Is the Reunification Process?
- How Can I Overcome the Grief and Guilt of Infertility?
- Are You Considering Becoming a Foster Parent?
- How Do I Use Social Media for Adoption?
- What Should I Do If I Hurt My Adoptive Parents' Feelings?
- How Can I Help My Adopted Child Know They Are Loved?
- What Are the Best Adoption Questions to Ask?
- How Do I Adopt a Child from Another Country?
- What Do You Need to Prepare to Adopt a Child?
- When Does the Adoption Become Final?
- What Is a General Breakdown of the Costs of Adoption?
- How Does Adopting from Foster Care Work?
- What Is Domestic Infant Adoption?
- How Will I Know I Chose the Right Family for Placement?
- How Can I Prepare for My Foster Care Home Study?
- What Is a Dossier and How Should I Put One Together?
- How Can I Prepare for a Reunion?
- Will I Ever Feel Better about My Adoption Decision?
- What Are the Qualifications for Adoption?
- How Can I Adopt an American Child?
- What Do I Need to Know About Adoption Subsidies?
- Where Is Financial Assistance to Cover Adoption Fees?
- How Can I Prepare My Child for Questions About Adoption?
- How Do I Know if Foster Care Is Right for Me?
- How Do I Prepare for My Domestic Infant Adoption Home Study?
- How Does Trauma Manifest in Children?
- How Do I Choose a Family to Adopt My Baby?
- Should I Choose an Open, Semi-open, or Closed Adoption?
- How Do I Find a Reputable Adoption Agency?
- What Are My Options in an Unexpected Pregnancy?
- How Do I Adopt a Foster Child?
- What Are Some Great Places for Adoption Support?
- What Does the Bible Say About Adoption?
- How Do You Adopt a Baby?
- Can Single Men or Women Adopt?
- What Are the Stages of the Adoption Process?
- How to Answer: "What's the Truth About My Birth Parents?"
- What Is Some Adoption Criteria I Should Know About?
- How Expensive is Adoption?
- Are There Benefits of a Closed Adoption?
- Should I Adopt Even Though I Have a Large Family?
- How Do I Respond If My Child Asks, "Why Did You Adopt Me?"
- How Can I Better Connect with My Foster Child?
- How to Choose between International And Domestic Adoption?
- How Long Will It Take for My Child to Heal From Early-Life Trauma?
- Should I Use an Adoption Agency or Adopt Independently?
- Are You Glad You Decided to Become a Foster Parent?
- How Can I Bond with My Child Who Struggles with Bonding?
- Why Adopt an Adult?
- What Are Some Developmental Concerns Facing Adopted Kids?
- How Should I Go About Finding My Birth Mother?
- What If My Adopted Child Wants to Live with Birth Parents?
- How Can I Find Out if I'm Adopted?
- How Can I Discipline a Child with RAD?
- How Can I Help Without Adopting or Fostering?
- What Is a Great Adoption Baby Book?
- What Are Some Things to Know as an Adoptive Mama?
- Can I Breastfeed My Adopted Child?
- How Do I Respond to Rude Questions about My Adopted Child?
- What If My Child Becomes Distant After Successful Reunion?
- If I Have a Lot of Health Issues, Can I Still Adopt?
- What Are Some Signs of Early Childhood Trauma?
- Can I Back Out of a Pending Foster Care Adoption?
- What Are the Best Ways to Raise Money for Adoption?
- What If I Get Pregnant While Adopting?
- What Is an Adoption Home Study?
- How Much Does Private Adoption Cost?
- Is Single Mother Adoption Possible?
- What Are Some Parenting Tips for a New Adoptive Parent?
- Is Adoption a Lifelong Process?
- What Is Kinship Foster Care?
- As a Birth Mom, How Can I Cope with Adoption?
- What International Adoption Statistics Should I Know?
- How Do I Talk About Adoption with My Friends and Family?
- Should I Still Choose Adoption If I Have Other Children?
- How Do I Connect With My Adopted Child's Culture?
- What Are Some Top Adoption Rules We Need to Know?
- What Is the History of Adoption?
- How Long Does It Take to Become a Foster Carer?
- Where Can I Get Help with My Adopted Child?
- What Are Some Important Qualities of a Foster Parent?
- Can I Request the Age and Gender of My Adopted Child?
- What Are the Most Popular Countries to Adopt From?
- Should I Adopt a Teen If I Have Younger Children at Home?
- How Can I Help My Child Get Through an Identity Crisis?
- What Is Some Good Advice for When We Bring Home Our Baby?
- How Can I Create an Adoption Profile That Stands Out?
- What Are Your Best Ideas for Creating Adoption Lifebooks?
- One Kid Has Open Adoption, Other Has Closed. What do I do?
- How do I respond to "You're not my real mom!"?
- How Can I Prepare for a Successful Open Adoption?
- How Can I Help My Child if He or She Has Early-Life Trauma?
- How Can I Help My Foster Child With Problems at School?
- Asking Questions About Health Before Accepting a Match?
- What If My Older Child Is Having a Hard Time Connecting?
- How Can Parents Help Their Unexpectedly Pregnant Daughter?
- Do You Think My Birth Mother Wants to Be Found?
- What Advice Would You Give to a New Foster Parent?
- What Should I Know About the Adoption Process in Ghana?
- Can an Adopted Newborn Have Adoption-Related Trauma?
- Should I Adopt a Child with Special Needs?
- How to Establish Boundaries in an Open Adoption?
- How Can I Help My Child Connect with Their Culture?
- What Is the Adoption Triad and Why Is It Important?
- How Can I Help Foster Children Without Being a Foster Parent?
- What Is a Guardian Ad Litem?
- How Do DNA Tests Benefit Me in Finding My Birth Family?
- What if My Biological Children Don't Want Me to Adopt?
- What If My Boyfriend Wants to Parent But I Don't?
- What Should I Ask My Birth Parents When I've Found Them?
- Are Open-Adoption Agreements Legally Enforceable?
- How Can I Cope with Waiting to Be Matched?
- How Can I Make Sure My International Adoption Is Ethical?
- How to Answer “Why Didn’t My Biological Parents Want Me?”
- What If I Want to Breastfeed My Adopted Child But Can’t?
- What Are the Negatives of Foster Care?
- What Are the Positives of Foster Care?
- What Are Racial Mirrors in Adoption?
- What Is the Greatest Joy of Adoption?
- Why Would I Want to Have an Open Adoption?
- How Can I Be a Better Parent?
- What If My Biological Parent Doesn’t Want a Relationship?
- How Can I Handle the Grief of My Infertility?
- What If My Family Does Not Agree with My Adoption?
- What are Some of the Best Adoption Shows out There?
- What are the Most Important Things for Adoptees to Know?
- Why Am I Afraid to Adopt?
- Why Should I Have Hope in the Adoption Process?
- Should I Tell My Friends I’m Adopted?
- Why Is Adoption So Special?
- What Support Groups are Available for Parents Who Adopt?
- What If My Adopted Child Has Hard Time Being with Me?
- What Does Adopting a Child with “Special Needs” Mean?
- How Long Does It Take to Adjust After Placement?
- What If I Find Out My Adoption Was Unethical?
- What Can I Do to Get Adoption Records Open in my State?
- How Can I Find Closed Adoption Records?
- What Documents Are Contained in a Dossier?
- How Do I Know If My Child Has FASD?
- How Can I Know Which Family Is The Right One for My Child?
- Why Is Adjustment So Hard after Placement?
- Is There a National Adoption Registry?
- How Long Will It Take to Get Matched After I’m Approved?
- How Can I Change the Negative Stigma Around Birth Mothers?
- Is There a “Right” Family for My Child?
- What Documents Are Contained in the Dossier?
- What Are Great Reasons to Consider Adoption?
- Are There Any Risks in International Adoption?
- Should I Decline Any Hopeful Adoptive Families? Why?
- Are There Any Disadvantages to An Open Adoption?
- How Can I Make Sure My Domestic Infant Adoption Is Ethical?
- How Does Living in the Foster Care System Affect a Child?
- What Should I Do If I No Longer Want to Be a Foster Parent?
- Is Adoption Parenting Different from Biological Parenting?
- How Does DNA Help with an Adoption Search?
- Should I Tell My Kids We’ve Been Matched with a Birth Mom?
- Traveling to China to Adopt My Child! What Should I Pack?
- Can You Change Your Adopted Child’s Social Security Number?
- Am I Limited in the Number of Children I Can Adopt?
- How Do I Best Care For A Child With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
- How Are Public and Private Adoption Agencies Different?
- What Are Common Medical Concerns Facing Adopted Children?
- How Do I Respond to Anti-Adoption Comments?
- How Long Does it Take to Adopt a Teen?
- How Do I Foster A Child with Special Needs?
- How Do I Search for My Birth Mother?
- How Can I Prepare as a Prospective Adoptive Parent?
- What If the Birth Mother Changes Her Mind?
- How Can I Trace My Adoption Records?
- How Does the Foster System Work in the USA?
- How Do I Tell The Father That I’m Pregnant?
- What Is Some Good Advice for First-Time Foster Parents?
- Can My Adopted Child Change His Social Security Number?
- What Are the Best Countries to Adopt from in 2019?
- What Is ICPC? How Will It Affect My Out-of-State Adoption?
- Do Children I Am Fostering Need Their Own Room?
- Why Is a Home Study Necessary?
- How Long Does It Take before I Become Licensed to Adopt?
- Where Can I Find Respite Care?
- Are Family Members Given Priority When It Comes to Adoption?
- Are There Educational Requirements to Adopt?
- How Long Before My Child Shows Me Love?
- How Do I Find My Biological Father?
- How Do I Tell My Child He/She Is Adopted?
- How Do I Respond to Anti-Adoption Comments?
- What Kind of Preparation Do I Need As a Prospective Parent?
- What If the Birth Mother Changes Her Mind?
- How Do I Find Out My State Laws Regarding Adoption?
- Is Stepparent Adoption Easier than Regular Adoption?
- What Is the Putative Father Registry?
- How Can I Get Help With Adoption Costs?
- How Do I Adopt My Relative’s Children?
- How Can My Spouse Adopt My Child?
- Can I Have a Relationship with My Child after Placing?
- Can I Get to Know the Adoptive Family?
- How Do I Choose the Adoptive Family?