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Celebrate National Adoption Awareness Month - 30 days of ideas to help promote adoption.

 

The Adoption.com Library is a site devoted to articles and stories related to the various sides of adoption and foster parenting. Many of the stories and articles you'll find here are written by members of the triad who want to share their experiences with others.

You will also find information on celebrities who have or are adopted, adoption laws for each state and a comprehensive glossary of adoption terminology, used in the Library as well as throughout the adoption community. The library has something for everyone, from stories about search and reunion to first-hand accounts of successful open adoptions, from the perspective of the birth parent, adoptee and adoptive parent.

Browse Adoption Library articles by selecting a topic below or jump to other adoption reference materials. You can also share your adoption stories.

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Featured Articles

November 30, 2009
The holidays are coming. Plan to invite young adults who have aged out or anyone that needs a home for the holidays to your family's festivities.

November 29, 2009
Light a candle in honor of your child's birth parents or your own birth parents.

November 28, 2009
Donate to an adoption foundation. Here are a few to consider: Dave Thomas Foundation for AdoptionNational Adoption FoundationLifetime Adoption Foundation

November 27, 2009
Learn about positive adoption language. Because positive adoption language is subjective, take the time to learn what is acceptable with the people you speak with. Open communication is the best route.

Adoption Photolisting

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Community Discussions

Adoptive Parenting and the Stay-at-Home Mom
October 21, 2009, 4:19 pm
I am a stay-at-home mom. I briefly mentioned as such in a blog I wrote for "adoptive parenting" earlier today, in fact, and felt compelled ...
Adoptive Mom Stereotypes: Debunking the Myths
November 5, 2009, 9:00 am
This will shock no one: stereotypes run rampant in adoption. "Birth mothers are promiscuous, young, poor, and uneducated." "Adoptive ...
November is National Adoption Awareness Month
November 1, 2009, 1:00 am
Adoptive parenting comes in quite a few shapes and sizes. There's domestic adoption (open, semi-open, and closed), there's international ...
subsidy
November 7, 2009, 11:58 am
The subsidy is tax free. You do not pay taxes on any of it. It is similar to the foster care stipend you get as a foster parent. And you do ...
I can't believe this is happening already!
November 7, 2009, 11:18 am
I got a congratulations phone call that I had been licensed as a foster home, and in the same breath, i was transferred to a placement ...
Single and Fostering...
November 7, 2009, 11:14 am
I am a single foster/adopt parent, I live in California, and they DO cover my daycare.. But ONLY while the child is a foster child, once ...

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Adopting News

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The story of the abandoned 'rainbow baby'
November 5, 2009, 4:29 pm
There are many unanswered questions that push him forward in trying to piece together the events of ...
Media-Newswire.com - Press Release Distribution - PR Agency
November 5, 2009, 4:29 pm
It was in that very hospital in Krasnoyarsk that Alex, then called Seryozha, a sick, premature baby ...
More State Support for Single Moms Planned
November 5, 2009, 4:29 pm
Many single parents tend to give up their infants for that reason, leading to an increasing number ...
YourHub.com > Hub Pages > Stories > Story
November 5, 2009, 4:29 pm
After looking into domestic adoption, the Livingstons settled on adopting internationally.

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