Child Adoption

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- The Baby Wait
- The creators of Teen Mom, 16 & Pregnant, and Jersey Shore turn their hit-making docu-reality lens onto...more
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- Child Adoption: Family Features
- Our adopted son is blessed with a complexion and facial features from a kinder, gentler gene pool. He...more
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- Oh, Boy!
- When my wife and I decided to adopt our first child from China, it was a given that once the agonizing...more
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- Where's His Birthday Story?
- Every February 19th for the past 33 years, my mother tells me the story of when I was born: It was in...more
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- A Family Of My Own
- True confession: I am both happy and sad to have been adopted. While I have never known any other family...more
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- 3 adopted daughters... should I be thinking of having my own?
- Last September, my friend Amelia died of cancer. Due to her mother's mental health her three daughters...more
- Ariana3
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- My Answered Prayer
- So, my husband and I tried for 5 years to gt pregnant. After tests and many failed Artificial Inseminations...more
- camosmommy
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- Explaining Child Adoption to the Adopted Child
- What's the best way to explain adoption to our adopted child?more
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- Child Adoption: Preparing Biological Children for an Adopted Sibling
- I'm adopting two children. How can I prepare my biological children?more
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- Child Adoption: Adopting Older Children
- How can I help my family accept my upcoming adoption of an older child?more
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- Dealing With Ignorant Questions About Child Adoption
- My 2-year-old son was adopted from China. As a white parent of a child of a different race, I was certainly...more
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- Why did you decide to adopt your child from outside the U.S.?
- Why did you decide (or are you deciding) to adopt your child from outside the U.S.?more
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- Do you think you can ever be too old to adopt a baby?
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- Would you consider adopting an older child?
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- If you adopted your child as an infant, did you try to breastfeed?
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- Open Child Adoption Pros and Cons
- What are the ups and downs of an open child adoption?more
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- Child Adoption: Emma Marie's Story
- On July 17 my hubby and I were talking about adopting a baby since we have one boy and can't have anymore...more
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- Would you adopt a child with fetal alcohol syndrome?
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- Child Adoption: When Questions About Birth Parents Arise
- How should I answer my adopted child's questions about birth parents?more
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