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Considering Adoption
Share your questions and fears about adoption risks, routes, timelines, costs, and family dynamics.
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Making the decision to pursue adoption - with hope and excitement.
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Are the risks too high? Could we really be a 'normal' family?
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How much does adoption really cost - domestically and internationally?
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Adoption can be a sensitive subject. How to address it with your loved ones.
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Domestic or international? Newborn or foster? Baby or older child?
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A place to (respectfully!) discuss the moral and ethical questions related to adoption.
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Paperchasing
How to choose an adoption professional, complete a home study, and create a profile or dossier.
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Evaluating and choosing adoption agencies and attorneys.
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Common fears, helpful hints, and real stories of surviving the homestudy.
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Introducing your family and making the very best first impression.
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Navigating the bureaucracy, managing the paperwork, and maintaining a positive outlook.
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Waiting to Adopt
Connect with other hopeful parents waiting to hear from specific countries or states.
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Waiting for a birthmother to select your family? Introduce yourself here.
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Working to complete a domestic foster adoption? Share your story.
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For families waiting to complete an adoption from China.
Join our China Waiting Parents group! |
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Host a Chinese boy or girl while you wait
Posted: 06-10-2010 01:08 PM Author: AstarEducationInstitute_LA |
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For families waiting to complete an adoption from Russia.
Join our Russia Waiting Parents group! |
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For families waiting to complete an adoption from Korea.
Join our Waiting Korea Parents group! |
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For families waiting to complete an adoption from Ethiopia.
Join our Waiting Ethiopia Parents group! |
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For families waiting to complete international adoptions from various countries.
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Welcome Home
Bonding and becoming a family, plus nutrition / health concerns and post-placement paperwork.
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Fostering attachment and love during those important first few days, weeks, months...
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Welcoming the newest member of your family into your world.
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Share the unique joys and challenges of adopting a school-aged child.
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Ensuring the best medical care for your adopted child.
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Can You Trust Your New Mother Instincts When Your Child Is Unwell?
Posted: 05-02-2010 09:37 PM Author: SusanC |
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Finishing up the adoption process after your child is home.
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U.S. Adoption
A place for parents of domestically adopted children to connect and share daily joys and challenges.
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For parents of newborn children adopted domestically.
Join our U.S. Adoptive Parents group! |
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For parents of children adopted through domestic foster care.
Join our U.S. Foster-Adopt Parents group! |
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International Adoption
A place for parents of internationally adopted children to connect and share daily joys and challenges.
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For parents of children adopted from China.
Join our China Adoptive Parents group! |
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For parents of children adopted from Russia.
Join our China Adoptive Parents group! |
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For parents of children adopted from Korea.
Join our Korea Adoptive Parents group! |
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For parents of children adopted from Guatemala.
Join our Guatemala Adoptive Parents group! |
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For parents of children adopted from Ethiopia.
Join our Ethiopia Adoptive Parents group! |
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For parents of children adopted internationally.
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Sharing stories of International Adoptions from Paraguay
Posted: 06-02-2010 02:59 AM Author: chelse11 |
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Parenting
All of the issues that matter to you: birth-family connections, multicultural families, health & development, school & peers, and more.
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Discussing your child's birth and adoption tactfully and honestly.
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Guiding birthmother relationships and more.
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Living as a visible family - and celebrating your diversity.
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If Your Children Don’t Look Like You, Should They Look Like Each Other?
Posted: 08-22-2010 05:34 PM Author: MObecky |
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Raising an adopted child on your own.
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A place to share medical concerns and experiences.
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Broaching the topic of adoption with teachers and friends.
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Dealing with divorce and other family crises in a family with adopted kids.
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Inspiring better behavior through various discipline techniques.
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A place to share special milestones and celebrations -- and everyday family moments.
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Activity ideas for a birth country or adoption travel group family reunion?
Posted: 07-02-2010 10:17 AM Author: AFC Editors |
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For adoptive parents to discuss the special concerns of infants and toddlers.
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For adoptive parents to discuss the special concerns of pre-schoolers.
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For adoptive parents to discuss the special concerns of elementary-school children.
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For adoptive parents to discuss the special concerns of middle-school children.
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For adoptive parents to discuss the special concerns of teenagers.
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Connecting with other adoptive families and spreading the word about adoption.
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Adoptees’ Voices
A place for adopted children, teens and adults to share their perspectives on the aspects of adoption closest to their hearts. All members are welcome.
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A place for adoptees - and other community members - to share their thoughts on and experiences with adoption.
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First Chinese Adult Adoptee Worldwide Reunion 2010, Hong Kong
Posted: 04-30-2010 07:46 PM Author: bellachina |
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A place for adoptees to share their experiences searching for birth parents and/or birth records
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AFC FAQ
What you need to know about participating in the Adoptive Families Circle.
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Read this before participating in the AFC forums.
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No matter what stage of the adoption process you are in, we’re glad you are here to share your experiences with us and other members. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make Adoptive Families Circle better for you!
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Add your recommendations, comments and questions with the editors of Adoptive Families magazine.
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In the News
A place to discuss adoption stories in the media, news from specific countries, and more current events.
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A place to discuss recent media coverage of adoption stories.
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A place to share news about changes to country-specific adoption policies or procedures.
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New Book discusses the 25 million orphans in India
Posted: 11-19-2009 12:08 PM Author: AuthorShelley |
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