Adoption Group: U.S. Adoptive Families

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U.S. Adoptive Families

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Creative Cards for Adoption Celebration

I don’t know about you, but I have had a difficult time finding greeting cards for adoption anniversary celebrations. We celebrate adoption days, but there are very few cards out…
- Posted by Captain Serious to U.S. Adoptive Families on Aug 31, 2020 at 8:23pm | 1 Comment | Post a reply
Talking to your young child about adoption feel unnerving?

WHO SHOULD TELL? WHAT DO YOU TELL? HOW DO YOU TELL? Get our favorite resources for talking with your young child about adoption! Register for this upcoming webinar: “Telling the…
- Posted by MThomas to U.S. Adoptive Families on Feb 04, 2020 at 10:24pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Help voices of adoption be heard today!

Hello friends of adoption. I am an adoptee interested in better understanding open adoption communication with birth and adoptive families. If you have contact with a birth parent and are…
- Posted by kristenhaberkorn to U.S. Adoptive Families on Jan 26, 2020 at 3:01pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
I remember seeing a consultant who posts here but blanking on her name

does anyone know who I mean? asking for a friend. ty.
- Posted by mamallama to U.S. Adoptive Families on Nov 09, 2019 at 8:53pm | 2 Comments | Post a reply
book recommendations about how babies are 'made'

Hello my 4 1/2 years old is starting to ask questions about the biology of how babies are made. He knows he’s adopted, but the question is how a woman…
- Posted by abz_999 to U.S. Adoptive Families on Oct 04, 2019 at 8:31pm | 7 Comments | Post a reply
My story and goal

Hello! My name is Ethan Cahoon and my sister and me were adopted in 2005 from Kemerovo, Russia. As you probably know, Russian adoption is closed to the United States.…
- Posted by Ethan Cahoon to U.S. Adoptive Families on Jul 30, 2019 at 3:13pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
book recommendations for preschooler

Hello. I’m looking for books about adoption to read with my 4 year old. He was adopted domestically at birth, and we are a secular family, so I’m looking for…
- Posted by abz_999 to U.S. Adoptive Families on Jun 12, 2019 at 5:57pm | 4 Comments | Post a reply
Birth Family Contact for Newborns with Prenatal Drug Exposure

Has anyone here adopted a newborn exposed to drugs in-utero? How is contact with the birth family handled? I wouldn’t mind an open adoption if that was the only option…
- Posted by ag11 to U.S. Adoptive Families on Jun 07, 2019 at 12:02am | 5 Comments | Post a reply