Adoption Support at Forever Parents

Adoption Myths

A few months ago, we had a conversation on the adoption forums about what we felt were the most common myths about adoption, specifically about those of us who adopt a child.

One of the myths that was posted several times was about adoption being a “last resort” or something we HAVE TO do:
“All adoptive [...]

Adoption Stories

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 [...]

Adoption Travel Tips

Traveling To Meet Your Child:
Written by Debbie Schwartz, who is a tremendous asset to our adoption forum and is the Program Coordinator for Adoption Connection at Jewish Family Services of Greenwich in Connecticut.
Congratulations!  After all of your hard work, the time to travel to meet your child is finally here (or almost [...]

Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights

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 [...]