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How to Make the Wait for Your Child Easier to Bear

How to make the wait for your adopted child easier.... [more]

I Am So Glad You Are My Son

We chose adoption because I really was not interested in being pregnant, but now I am wondering why I thought parenting would be any less difficult than the actual birthing process.... [more]

Interview with a Prospective Adoptive Mom

An interview between a birthmother and a prospective adoptive mother; the issues and concerns as seen from both sides.... [more]

My Two Girls

A mother writes of the similarities and differences between her two adopted daughters; she explains their behaviors and ways to parent effectively... [more]

Nesting...It's Not Just for Pregnant Women Anymore

A mother who is waiting for her adopted son to arrive starts to rearrange furniture and do other things related to being restless.... [more]

No Coincidences

Author tells of her experiences on both sides of the adoption experience, as a birthmother and as an adoptive mother.... [more]

Observing Adoption Awareness Month

Ways to become actively involved in making people aware of adoption.... [more]

On Adoption

The top twenty best seller books at the New England Adoption conference, April 2000.... [more]

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Parents and adopted children; the development of a diverse and complex feelings of love.... [more]

Providing Background Information to Adoptive Parents

Reasons background information is needed and what can be revealed; information regarding wrongful adoption; information for adoption professionals.... [more]