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Adoptee Stories: How to Navigate Boundaries and Protect Privacy

After you adopt, you'll soon realize everyone wants to know your child's story. Adoptee stories are popular because...

Many adoptive parents who are matched with a birth mother get anxious about whether their adoption might fail. They...

Finally, the day you've been waiting for has arrived: it's time to bring home your newly adopted baby! The days of...

Open adoption arrangements vary from situation to situation. They can range from sharing little information to having...

Many hopeful adoptive parents wonder what typical birth mothers are like. They worry about speaking with a...

When you begin the adoption process, your adoption professional will ask you several questions to determine your...

When most people think of adoption, they imagine adoptions of the past when closed adoption was the norm. Society's...

In an emotional adoption video that's since gone viral, birth mother Hannah explains to her newly-born son that...

As you begin to look into adoption, you may have questions about the benefits of domestic adoption. Your questions may...