Blog About Adoption
Welcome to Lifetime Adoption’s blog about adoption. Lifetime Adoption is a domestic adoption agency with over 35 years of experience creating families through infant adoption. We specialize in domestic adoption, which generally involves adopting a newborn or child up to six. As one of the top adoption agencies in America, we’ve made the dreams of parenthood come true for thousands of couples across the nation.
Our founder, Mardie Caldwell, established Lifetime after experiencing the joy of parenthood through adoption. Caldwell designed Lifetime’s successful adoption program to be what she needed when adopting her son. Over 35 years later, her adoption program guides families through each step of the way, educating and preparing hopeful adoptive parents for their Lifetime Adoption. Caldwell is also an adoption author; she has written six books and created this blog about adoption.
Open adoption is the most common type of domestic adoption today. In a modern open adoption, the birth parents select the adoptive parents for their baby. They view profiles and talk with adoptive couples before making their choice. After the adoption placement, there is usually some form of contact, from sharing pictures and supplying updates on the child to in-person visits once a year. Both the birth parents and the adoptive parents come to an agreement about what the post-adoption contact will be. You can learn much more about what open adoption looks like by reading this blog about adoption.
After deciding that they’d like to expand their family through adoption, most hopeful adoptive parents start prioritizing financial planning, researching adoption agencies, and reading up on open adoption. Lifetime’s blog about adoption covers articles on the adoption process, open adoption, parenting, financial, transracial adoption, and more.
Adoption can give you the family you’ve been praying for. It can be the most incredible journey and give you the greatest of blessings: a child of your own. As a hopeful adoptive parent, you’re able to provide a child with a happy, loving home. Read our adoptive families blog about adoption and get info on birth parents, what to expect in open adoption, adoption costs, and how to enjoy your adoption journey.
Lifetime can help you successfully adopt a baby or child, completing an Adoption for a Lifetime! To start with domestic adoption, you can complete our free application today. If you have questions, give us a call at 727-493-0933 and speak with one of Lifetime’s adoption professionals.
Down Syndrome Adoption – Guidance and Resources
Each year, World Down Syndrome Day is recognized on March 21. This global awareness day has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The date was chosen as the 21st day of the 3rd month to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the...
An Online Course Created Specifically for Adopting Families!
Today's article comes to us from Valerie Trumbower, a DONA Certified Postpartum Doula, a Certified Lactation Counselor and a mother of three, including a set of twins. Her online courses Expecting 101™ and Expecting 101...You’re Adopting™ have helped hundreds of...
How to Write a Letter of Recommendation for Adoption
As you begin your adoption journey with Lifetime, you will have many professionals by your side to help you each step of the way. During the early stages of your adoption process, a social worker will conduct your home study. An essential element of the home study...
Adopting After Infertility? How to Choose Your Path
If you're struggling with infertility, you're not alone. Statistics show that one in eight couples in the U.S. struggle with infertility. There are many reasons couples have trouble conceiving and many different options to treat infertility. Unfortunately, these...
Orphaned by an Earthquake: Adopting Children in Turkey and Syria
As the death toll continues to rise in Turkey and Syria from the recent earthquake, the number of children orphaned is increasing. With over 30,000 lives lost in the sudden shaking, many are wondering what will happen to the babies and young children whose parents...
“Why is Adoption So Expensive?”
As you begin looking into adopting, you may wonder about the cost and have conflicted feelings and questions such as, "Will we be able to afford to make our dream of growing our family a reality?" and "why is adoption so expensive?" In this article, I'll help...
