For any parents who are looking to adopt, the adoption tax credit is an important and sometimes necessary part of the adoption process. The adoption tax credit helps adoptive families across the country by greatly limiting the financial burdens of adoption. However, there are some aspects of the adoption tax credit that are tricky to figure …Read More about 8 Things About the Adoption Tax Credit You…
Choosing to adopt a child is a life changing decision that is made with a lot of thought and care. Some adoptive parents choose to document and share their adoption journey through blogs and podcasts. Here are seven blogs adoptive parents should check out today, that share parenting and adoption advice, personal milestones, and raise …Read More about 7 Must-Read Blogs for Adoptive Parents
If you are a birth mother that placed or is considering placing your child for adoption, these heartfelt blogs and podcasts offer some great resources to help you in your journey, and raise awareness of the tremendous support that the adoption community provides for birth mothers. Blogs BirthMom Buds This is the blog of a …Read More about 6 Heartfelt Podcasts and Blogs for Birth Mothers
Every adoptee’s journey is different. Because of this, the resources available to adoptees are greatly varied yet easily relatable. Below are a few blogs, books and podcasts that every adoptee should check out! Books The Adoptee Survival Guide: Adoptees Share Their Wisdom and Tools Thirty adoptee authors contribute to this book that provides support and …Read More about 7 Resources that Every Adoptee Should Check Out
National Adoption Awareness Month is here! It’s a month-long event to encourage people to learn about adoption, recognize people who have been impacted by adoption, and organize positive adoption-related events. There are many ways you and your family can learn and participate this year! Here are nine ways you can celebrate National Adoption Month: Retell …Read More about 9 Ways to Celebrate National Adoption Awareness Month
If you know an expectant birth mother who is considering adoption, it’s important to support her decision through this difficult process. There are likely many reasons why she decided to place her child into a new home, but what she needs right now is your acceptance of her decision, as well as your support throughout …Read More about How to Support Expectant Birth Mothers Considering Adoption
Adoption is a recurring theme in a variety of children’s TV shows and movies. While oftentimes this theme is expressed inaccurately or without much care, there are a few movies that either subtly or directly tackle important aspects of adoption that are relevant for most adoptive families. More importantly, they’re presented in such a way …Read More about 7 Children’s Movies with Adoption Themes
As a birth mother’s due date approaches, it’s natural for anyone involved in the adoption to feel excited, nervous, and all kinds of emotions. Since there is always some uncertainty among prospective adoptive parents with various of factors out of their control, it can help to plan around the more concrete and certain aspects of …Read More about Hospital Expectations for Adoptive Parents
Open adoption arrangements can vary greatly, from the birth mother simply selecting the adoptive family to maintained communication after the placement of the child. Typically these arrangements are decided upon before the birth, to make sure that everyone has the same understanding and expectations for the future relationship. For those that have some type of …Read More about Dealing with Birth Mother’s Withdrawal from Open Adoption
Making friends is an important part of growing up. As a child, it is beneficial to be exposed to people that are both similar, and different than you. So, as an adoptee, finding friends that have also been through the adoption process can be helpful. According to many adoptive parents, helping their adopted children meet …Read More about Building Relationships with Other Adoptees
When considering growing your family through adoption, it is important to know that there are different routes available and to determine which is right for you. Two different opportunities for hopeful adoptive parents include fostering to adopt (public adoption) and independent voluntary placement (private adoption). While both are wonderful ways to grow a family, there …Read More about Public vs. Private Adoption
No matter the circumstances of you adopting your child, it marks the beginning of a lifelong journey for a new member of your family. Though you may recount early memories with your adopted baby fondly, the situation that led up to the adoption may not be so easy to explain. It’s natural for adoptive parents …Read More about Explaining Complicated Aspects of Adoption to Your Child