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Issues

 

ISSUES

• Adoption Fraud
  Beware, be smart. Learn what to look for before it finds you.
• Birth Parent Issues
  Understanding the other side of your future adoptive family is crucial for adopting parents.
• Breastfeeding
  If you are considering breastfeeding, there's a wealth of information and support available.
• Child Health & Development
  Information and resources medical issues of concern to adopting parents, including information about:
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Attachment
  • Prenatal Exposures
• Coping with Waiting
  Waiting is part and parcel of the adoption experience. Put the time to good use.
• Losing an Adoption
  Resources and support when an adoption falls through.
• Open Adoption
  It doesn't have to be frightening. Learn about it from families who live it.
• Siblings: Adopted or Adopted/Bio
  Adding a sibling to the family.
• The Search for Birthparents
  Adoptee searches for birth family members really aren't a threat to adoptive parents.
• Transracial Adoption
  Questions to ask, support, and personal perspectives.

• Adoptive Breastfeeding
• Biological Fathers' Rights
• Health Insurance for Adopted Children
• Hello Before Goodbye

• Post-Adoption Contact Agreements

• Real People: Birth Mothers
• Relinquishment, Consent, & Time to Revoke
• Risk in Adoption
• The Joy of Waiting

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