Adopting – Adoptive Families https://www.adoptivefamilies.com The resource and community for adoption parenting. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:42:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 “From Grief to Joy” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/how-to-adopt/grief-to-joy-older-parent-adoption-after-loss/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 02:57:06 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=41626 “Finding My Inner Mom” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-bonding-home/finding-my-inner-mom-meeting-daughter-in-china/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:45:10 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40362 Parents Share: “When I Knew I Was Going to Adopt” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/how-to-adopt/adoption-decision-parents-share-moment-when-knew-would-adopt/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:44:31 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40368 Ask AF: What to Do the First Time a Foster Child Comes to Stay with Us? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-bonding-home/foster-child-match-what-to-do-first-home-visit/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:15:36 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40190 Parents Share: The “Match Meeting” with an Expectant Mother https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/parents-share-advice-match-meeting-expectant-mother/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:05:34 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40169 Ask AF: Advice for Our “Ice Breaker” Meeting with a 10-Year-Old Boy? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/foster-adoption-seeking-advice-ice-breaker-meeting-10-year-old-boy/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:46:04 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39887 Parents Share: Our Last-Minute “Stork Drop” Adoption https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/domestic-stork-drop-adoption-last-minute-instant-placement-after-birth/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:45:34 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39896 “What Being a Foster Family Has Taught My Children” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/parenting/what-being-a-foster-family-has-taught-my-children/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:23:41 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39752 Never Too Old for Family https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/how-to-adopt/foster-care-adoption/never-too-old-for-family-adopting-older-children-teenagers-dave-thomas-foundation/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:40:48 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39692 Ask AF: Should We Try to Adopt Our Children’s Biological Sibling? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adopting-an-older-child/should-we-try-to-adopt-childrens-biological-sibling/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adopting-an-older-child/should-we-try-to-adopt-childrens-biological-sibling/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:35:26 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39596 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adopting-an-older-child/should-we-try-to-adopt-childrens-biological-sibling/feed/ 1