Adoption

Same-sex couples seeking to have children, whether through adoption or assistive reproductive technology, have always faced more roadblocks than other couples. These roadblocks are gradually being removed. This month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...

New parents always have to go through an adjustment period. When you adopt, however, your child may also struggle with the adjustment to their new home.  This may be particularly true if your child is coming from a foster home or another situation that may have left...

Some adoptions may take place beginning in one state and finishing in another. Some adoptions may be more complicated. The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is a federal contract that helps to govern the placement of a child as they move from one state...

Has it always been your dream to expand your family through the beauty of adoption? You already have children that you love very much, but you want to give them a new brother or sister. You believe in the value of adoption, not just for you and your family, but also...

Using adoption to grow your family can be a lengthy process, although the reward is undoubtedly worth the wait. Deciding to adopt is often the easiest part. Actually finding the right child to join your family can be much more difficult. Prospective parents may find...

There are many reasons why individuals decide to pursue adoption. They may do so because they haven't yet found the right person to settle down and start a family with or are unable to have children on their own. Others pursue adoption because they want to make a...

Those hoping to adopt often have to think carefully about how they hope to connect with a child or multiple children to add to their family. Some aspiring adoptive parents will place ads in community publications or on social media to attract the attention of...

Surrogacy is a too-often overlooked system for helping people grow their families when they are not able to do so biologically. There is a lot of information out there about surrogacy for both prospective parents and women who might want to help another family by...

Without a doubt, people consider adoption for reasons that are unique and personal to them. Maybe someone was adopted as a child, for instance, and they love that their adoptive parents worked so hard to create a wonderful life for them. Now they want to adopt a child...

Once you decide to find a loving home for your unborn child, you have taken the first important step in the adoption process. Most birth parents feel relieved after making this decision, but they still have a long way to go before the process is complete. In our time...