Adoptive parents

Yes, you read that correctly. I know what you're thinking: there are so many children in the world who need a "good and loving" forever family. Why would I discourage people from adopting? The reasoning is this: when you choose to adopt, the child must be the #1 priority. Here are 10 reasons why a person should not adopt, and why: 1: You are anti-connective and attachment parenting. Arguably, adoptees have experienced trauma to some degree (the separation from their biological parents, at…

Thoughts from an adoptee to help adoptive parents understand the need to search for birth parents. What adoptees in reunion feel about those relationships.

A satirical look at the silly and sometimes insensitive things people say when they don't understand adoption.

I share 10 things no one tells you about adoption, which covers my biggest surprises along our adoption journey.

Showing Love to the Expectant Mother During Adoption When Matched with a Birth Mom. How to develop a strong bond with the birth mother.

We have curated a list of 10 Instagram accounts that prioritize adoptee voices and bring the adoption community closer together with their work.

I needed people to treat me like a new mom, I should have read the attachment books. Things I learned about adoption during the first month.

The following is a post from Elizabeth, who is a birthmother and blogger. She writes about her life as a birthmother at Blessings in Disguise. It is one of my favorite birthmother blogs (see My Top 5 Birthmother Blogs post). Elizabeth told me: "I am proud to say that I wrote that (post) straight from my

A birthmother recounts the things she wished she would have know before she placed her baby for adoption.

Are you thinking about adoption? No doubt you have plenty of fears.