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Foster Care

5 Questions You Have About Biological Parent Visits in Foster Care

Life as a foster parent can be hectic. On top of your everyday worries, there’s probably one more thing that you’re anxious about: visits with the biological parents in foster care.

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Adoptive Family Birth Parent

7 Tips for Managing Long‐Distance Open Adoptions

If you’re part of a long‐distance open adoption, here are some ways that you can manage your relationship.

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General

Are Humans the Only Species that Adopt?

Humans might not be unique in practicing forms of adoption. Here’s why biologists find this so unusual, and what adoption looks like for our animal relatives.

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Adoptive Family

How to Update Your Home Study

Adoption home studies require updates at regular intervals and whenever you experience a big life change. Here’s a guide to when you should update your home study, why it needs to be done, and how to do it.

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Adoptive Family News

Could Coronavirus Impact Your Adoption?

If you are in the middle of the adoption process, you’re probably anxious about how coronavirus could affect you. Here, we are providing some basic information about COVID-19 and how it could impact your adoption.

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Birth Parent

6 Feelings to Expect After Placing a Baby for Adoption

Placing a child for adoption is an experience full of emotions, and no two people will share the same emotional journey. However, birth parents have commonly expressed sharing variations of these feelings after placement. Here’s what to expect, and ways to cope.

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Adoptive Family

5 Things Every New Adoptive Parents Needs from Their Friends

When adoptive moms and dads have worked tirelessly to build the family of their dreams, they could always use some support from their loved ones. Here are some ways you can help them out.

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Adoptees

What if I Don't Want to Meet My Birth Parents?

If you’re an adoptee, you’ve probably been told your whole life that every person like you wants to meet their birth parents. But, what if you have no desire to? You’re not alone.

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Adoptive Family News

National Developmental Disabilities Month: Special Needs Adoption

March is National Developmental Disabilities Month. But what does this mean for adoption?

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Birth Parent

Should You Reach Out to Potential Adoptive Parents Online?

There are adoptive family profiles on so many websites, blogs and social media pages. If you find the family you think will be perfect for your baby, should you reach out online?

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