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.
Is Open Adoption the Same as Co-parenting?
Many couples exploring open adoption for the first time often have misconceptions about what it really means. They may assume that open adoption creates confusion for the child and wonder, "Is open adoption the same as co-parenting?" In reality, open adoption...
Social Worker Month: Celebrating Hospital Social Workers
March is Social Worker Month, a time to recognize and appreciate the incredible contributions of social workers across various fields. Among them, hospital social workers play a vital role in supporting patients and their families through some of life’s most...
10 Tips for Your First Conversation with a Birth Mother
Once a birth mother decides she’d like to chat with you for the first time, you might be both ecstatic and terrified. What do you say? What should you ask? How much is too much? You want to make a good first impression, but will your nerves get the better of...
Can You Adopt if You Rent?
A necessary part of the adoption process at Lifetime Adoption Agency is vetting hopeful adoptive parents. The vetting process is a crucial step to ensure that every child is placed in a safe and loving home. But let's be honest—inspections and interviews can be...
Adopting a Newborn from the Hospital
What to Expect and How to Prepare The best day of the newborn adoption process is here. After completing paperwork, going through the home study, and waiting – it's time to meet your baby! Adopting a newborn from the hospital is often the most anticipated event in an...
Lifetime Mom Promotes New Bill AB-329 on Adoption Education
In a powerful move to expand life-affirming options for young women in the Golden State, newly elected Assemblywoman Leticia Castillo introduced her first bill, AB-329. This legislation seeks to ensure that educators in California present adoption as a viable and...
