Making the Decision to Adopt: Part 1

The path to choosing adoption is different for everyone. Here, some of our forum members share what led them to making the decision to adopt. Scroll down for the link to part two of this discussion. When we decided to adopt it was a very spontaneous decision. During a frustrating conversation with my mother about my sister’s poor parenting choices, I blurted out “Don’t call me about her behavior again...

Making the Decision to Adopt: Part 2

What was it that brought you to adoption? What made you decide to adopt? We asked some of the members of our adoption forum and here’s what they had to say. Feel free to answer in a comment here. We’d love to know what our visitors think.   Read part one here At first, adoption was not something we thought about. We wanted to get pregnant and create a little person that looked like one or both of us, and we...

Adoption PSA

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The Reluctant Spouse

The following article is by Jill Smolowe, author of A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents. My husband and I equally wanted to adopt children but I know that there are couples that struggle with this. The Reluctant Spouse: Don’t be surprised if your mate resists adoption even as you’re embracing it. By Jill Smolowe It had been a long haul to convince my husband to start a family. When biology failed...

Hugh Jackman Talks About Australia’s Adoptio...

HUGH Jackman has sent a message of support to Madonna after her failed bid to adopt a Malawian orphan while bitterly attacking Australia’s adoption laws. The Aussie movie star and his wife, Deborra-Lee, have two kids who they adopted as babies from America – Oscar, eight, and three-year-old Ava. But, like Madonna, their hopes of giving a home to a Third World child were crushed by rules that made it virtually...

Adoption Articles Posted

Two adoption articles have been posted at our forums. Please share the link with those who might be interested. Waiting To Adopt Open Adoption, Semi-Open Adoption And Closed Adoption © 2011 Forever Parents Share Tags: Adoption Forums, adoption musings, adoption options, choosing adoption, parents of adopted children Related posts Adoption

National Adoption Day 2008

National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the 129,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. For the last eight years, National Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies and advocates to finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes for...

Thinking About Adoption?

The co-administrator at our adoptions forums has adopted eight times and she is someone that I personally admire for her willingness to always help those new to adoption. Here are some questions and concerns she compiled for pre-adoptive people to discuss and familiarize themselves with, even before beginning the process. 1. Make sure that you’re ready to adopt a child/baby that isn’t biologically yours. If you...