Making the Decision to Adopt

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What you need to know to help make the decision to adopt includes answering questions concerning your feelings about age, health, race and ethnic heritage, and histories of a child to whom you will be making a lifetime commitment.

Adoption Self-Assessment

Seeking to adopt? Take the adoption preparation self-assessment.... [more]

What Adoptive Parents Need

What parents need from the time they start the process throughout their children's lives involves everyone who impacts the family - from judges to birth parents to neighbors and others. Rita Laws, Ph.D., puts us all on notice.... [more]

10 Steps to Realizing Your Adoption Goals

Thinking about adopting isn't going to get it done. A successful journey to adoption requires reachable goals. Here are ten steps to help you get there.... [more]

Think Healthy When Trying to Adopt

Eating healthy can keep your stress levels down and save money at the same time - both important considerations for adopting parents. ... [more]

General Questions to Consider

The first step to international adoption involves a basic understanding of adoption and what it will mean to your family. Beginning with basic questions to ask yourself, move into questions about selecting a particular country, age restrictions, adoption by gays, and refusing a referral.... [more]

Adopting After Infertility

Making the decision to adopt after experiencing fertility or fecundity problems can be emotional, expensive, and raises questions about when and whether to abandon fertility treatments, grief, and doubts.

Trying to Conceive (TTC) and Adopting

Alternatives to Adoption

For both families considering placing a child and those considering adding to their families, traditional adoption is only one alternative. Others include surrogacy, embryo adoption, guardianship, and even cloning.

5 Questions Answered for Beginners
Where do I start? Answers to five questions most frequently asked by those approaching adoption for the first time, from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.

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Adoption Decisions
Ellen Glazer, LICSW, examines six of the primary decisions to be made by those considering adoption. From Adopt: Assistance Information Support.

Adoptions for Everyone
A brief overview of adoption and issues such as gay/lesbian adoption, older and single parent adoption, and transracial adoption. From Prairielaw.com.

An Adoptee's Advice
Adoptee Abigail Lovett has some excellent words for those approaching adoption.

Characteristics of a Successful Adoptive Parent
From the Maine Child Welfare Institute.