Attachment and Adoption
I don’t like other people’s children. Let me soften that a bit: I enjoy the company of children who aren’t mine for brief periods. But I am not, and never…
I don’t like other people’s children. Let me soften that a bit: I enjoy the company of children who aren’t mine for brief periods. But I am not, and never…
Cooking is one of our favorite activities at my house; my wife, Leslie, and I have a passion for food and creativity that I hope we can instill in our…
In our agency’s adoption classes, many discussions focused on whether living in a diverse community was important for multicultural adoptive families and, if so, how important. As we're looking to…
After receiving our referral for a baby girl from Ethiopia, I printed out copies of my daughter’s picture: one for my work, our bathroom, and my home office. I would…
After soliciting nominations from our readers, AF clicked through hundreds of links to find the 20 best blogs that touch on adoption, infertility, and assisted reproduction. Spend some time browsing…
"I still ache to have a genetic child. I thought the feeling would evaporate as soon as [my daughter] was born. Now I think my acceptance of the situation will…
Most parents are already squeamish about talking with children about sex, and the conversation can get even more complicated when adoption’s part of the picture. In "Birds, Bees, and Adoption"…
It is important to begin talking about adoption as soon as you come home. Rather than approach it as a lecture, in "Our Family Adoption Story," Fran Eisenman explains how…