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As you may have noticed, we moved the blog. The new address is:
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Domestic Adoption

Domestic adoptions can be handled through an agency, attorney or facilitator and follow the laws of your state of residence. Prospective parents may pay some of the living and medical expenses of the birthmother but these rules vary depending on state law. Parents are usually selected by the birthparents of the child they adopt and [...]

Teenage Adoptees "We’re Okay!"

A Portland based adoption agency runs a support group for teenage adoptees, and while not all the teens participating are members of transracial families, many of them are, and that topic is a big part of the discussions.
That the teens would be talking about the subject doesn’t surprise adoption experts because transracial and transcultural adoptions [...]

Adoption Profiles

Do you have an adoption profile?

If you’re looking for places to share your link, I’ve added a spot on A Guide To Adoption just for adoption profiles. It’s towards the top of the page…Click “Add To This List”.

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Transracial Adoption

When we first started the adoption process, transracial adoption wasn’t an option that I had ever thought of. I just assumed we would adopt a white skinned child. I also never considered adopting siblings. I just assumed we would adopt one child at a time. It’s not that we were against transracial or sibling adoptions…we [...]

Adoption Homestudy

 
Danielle commented in the adoption homestudy post and I wanted to give her, and anybody else who may have the same concerns, some thoughts and ideas that may help.She said:
We want to adopt someday, but I am terrified of this process. Given all they look at in the homestudy (which is pretty much everything having [...]

Adoption Forums

To celebrate our recent move from ezboard to our own server, we’re having our very first contest over at our adoption forums!
While I try and figure out the best way to transfer five years worth of postsfrom ezboard to our new forums, we still have a brand new place to fill and this contest is [...]

Adoption Quotes

Here are some more great adoption quotes. Several of them would make a nice addition to your child’s adoption lifebook.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.
-Richard Bach
If a child is born and raised in a home that is loving and nurturing, [...]

Imagine If Adoption Really Did Cost Only $10.00

Both of my daughters have been active in Girl Scouts for a few years. They have great troop leaders and their experience has been a positive one overall. Over the Christmas holiday, a situation came up with my older daughters troop. The following e-mails will explain the story. The first one is me e-mailing her [...]

Adoption Forums

Our new adoption forums are ready for you to join!

When the Forever Parents adoption forums was first created in 2002, we started on the msn boards, but quickly out grew them and moved to ezboard in 2003, where we’ve been…until last week. We’ve joined the big leagues and are hosting our own forum (phpBB) on [...]