Blog About Adoption
Welcome to Lifetime Adoption’s blog about adoption. Lifetime Adoption is a domestic adoption agency with almost 40 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. Almost 40 years later, her successful adoption program guides families through each step of the adoption process, 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 browsing our adoption website.
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 all aspects of open adoption.
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.
To start with domestic adoption, you can complete our free application on our adoption website today. If you have questions, give us a call at 727-493-0933 and speak with one of Lifetime’s adoption professionals.
Adoption and Mental Health: How Openness Makes a Difference
Adoption is a lifelong journey, not a one-time event. As open adoption has become more common, one may wonder if openness makes a difference in an adoptee’s mental and emotional well-being. And more specifically, does it make it easier for adoptees to seek out the...
Adoption Gifts for New Adoptive Moms
Gift-giving is a wonderful way to show how much you care about and support someone who has recently adopted! There is no shortage of gift options to present to a loved one who has brought home a new bundle of joy through adoption. With so many options, we understand...
Digital Openness vs. Traditional Contact: How Open Adoption Is Evolving
Open adoption has always been about relationships -- about connection and honesty with the best interests of the child always at the forefront. But in recent years, the way those relationships unfold has started to shift. Thanks to the rise of social media and digital...
Adopting a Child from Afghanistan: 5 Things to Consider
Watching the news coverage of Americans and others trying to escape from Afghanistan has many hopeful adoptive couples asking, “Can we adopt orphaned children from Afghanistan?” Or even “Can we adopt Afghan babies we see being handed to military personnel?” These...
The Truth About Being Chosen: What Adoptive Parents Need to Know
Melissa perched on the edge of her chair, with a cup of hot coffee in her hands. She grabbed her phone and started to eagerly browse her adoption agency's website, something that she did every morning before work. As she did, Melissa began to feel defeated. ...
Crafting a Meaningful Adoption Lifebook: A Parent’s Complete Toolkit
An adoption lifebook is far more than a simple photo album or baby book—it's a powerful tool that documents your child's complete story from the very beginning. These special books help adopted children form a complete sense of identity by providing information about...
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