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U.S. Foster Adoptive Families

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Newborn photo company

A while back someone posted the name of a company that takes photos of newborns in the hospital for parents to buy. What is the name of this service?
- Posted by Supdub to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Jul 15, 2017 at 2:56am | 2 Comments | Post a reply
Unattached vs. RAD??

Hi everyone, I’ve posted here before about my difficult adopted kids. It’s been a while because I haven’t had the emotional energy to reach out much. I just had a…
- Posted by housefrau to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Jul 13, 2017 at 4:44am | 3 Comments | Post a reply
How Can I Help My Daughter?

We have a 13 year old daughter (moved in at age 10/adopted at age 12). Our adoption is closed. Termination was involuntary and contact is not allowed. Her first mother…
- Posted by shininglight71 to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Jul 11, 2017 at 8:27pm | 3 Comments | Post a reply
Fostering a Child with Behaviors

My husband and I have had out 3 foster child (biological siblings, ages just turned 5yo, just turned 4yo, and 20months) for 10 months now. A few months ago, the…
- Posted by FosterToAdopt to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Jul 06, 2017 at 12:10am | 7 Comments | Post a reply
Masters Research Study

Thank you to everyone who has responded to my request for participants to take part in my dissertation research. Although all adoptive parents are welcome to participate I particularly need…
- Posted by JoanneGuthrie to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Jun 04, 2017 at 5:20pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Balancing act on adoption plans

When I started out, I was planning to strictly adopt and after a 10 month wait, I was matched with a legally free 12 year old girl on a pre-adoptive…
- Posted by Meralee to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Jun 02, 2017 at 4:32pm | 9 Comments | Post a reply
Research Study

Please consider participating in a PhD research study on perceptions of competence and satisfaction in parenting. Eligible participants are married mothers who have an adopted first child that is between…
- Posted by CoquatMom to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Jun 01, 2017 at 3:18pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Calling us Mom and Dad

My husband and I want to adopt from foster care. Right now we have two placements. I’m wondering if we do adopt, how do we transition the kids to call…
- Posted by Charming_Ell to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on May 26, 2017 at 1:18am | 18 Comments | Post a reply