All families change over time. Sometimes a baby is born, or a grown-up gets married. And sometimes a child gets placed in foster care. Children need to know that when this happens, it’s not their fault. When a child gets adopted they need to understand that they can remember and value their birth family and [...]
Family connections are vitally important to children as they begin to find their place in the world. For transracial and transcultural adoptees, domestic adoptees, and for children in foster care or kinship placements, celebrating the differences within their families as well as the similarities that connect them, is the foundation for belonging. As parents we [...]
Forever Parents was created in 2002, to support and encourage parents of adoptees and those who are on the path to becoming one. Along with this community blog and our adoption store, the heart of Forever Parents has always been our adoption forum.
It’s important for those of us who adopted our children to interact [...]
Update: Debbie, one of our adoption forum members shared a sample letter. I posted it at the bottom.
Update #2: A list of email addresses has been added at the bottom of this post.
One of our adoption forum members brought this to our attention (thanks Debbie!) and I am passing it along to [...]