Adoption Stories: Infant And Older Child Adoption

The following was submitted by Beth, one of our blog readers. Leave a comment here if you’d like to share your adoption story also. We have three children. Our oldest daughter and son were adopted at birth. Our youngest son was adopted right before his tenth birthday. This is a story of both joy and sorrow, excitement and patience, and most importantly, unconditional love. My husband and I were married in 1965. Like...

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 to do with anything in your life), how on earth can average people be confident that they will pass? I have...

Adoption Homestudy

The Adoption Home Study Process: Factsheet for Families Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway Year Published: 2004 The laws of every State and the District of Columbia require all prospective adoptive parents (no matter how they intend to adopt) to participate in a home study. This process has three purposes: to educate and prepare the adoptive family for adoption, to gather information about the prospective parents...