Adoptive Family Articles

Tips on Selecting an Adoption Therapist
Adoption is an event that has a life-long effect on everyone involved. Adoption brings unique rewards as well as challenges to families, and sometimes families will need or want professional help as concerns or problems arise. Timely intervention by a professional skilled in adoption issues often can prevent issues common to adoption from becoming more serious problems that might be more difficult to resolve.


The Value of Adoptive Parent Groups
Parenting has often been called the most complex profession. It becomes even more so when the family includes a child who has been adopted. This is true whether the child is an infant, has special needs, or is of a different race or ethnic background. ...


Impact of Adoption on Adopted Persons
As discussion of the adoption process becomes more open and accepted in American society, and as more Americans have experience with adoption, there is also more attention focused on those involved in adoption—the adopted person, the birth parents, and the adoptive parents (often referred to as the adoption triad or, more recently, the adoption constellation). People who have experienced adoption firsthand are coming forward to talk or write about their experiences, and researchers are conducting scientific studies to find out about the impact of adoption on all members of the adoption triad.


Taking Care of Yourself

When adopting a child, it is critical that you also take care of yourself. Learn how support groups, adoption preparation classes and respite care may help.

What Causes Learning Disabilities?
Understandably, one of the first questions parents ask when they learn their child has a learning disorder is "Why? What went wrong?"


My Special Mother's Day Gift

Read how one woman celebrated her first Mother's Day after adopting her daughter.

Reflections: An Adoptive Mother Shares Her Insights into Raising an Adopted Child

The following is an interview with Cheryl, a mother who adopted her son, Garrett, with American Adoptions 10 years ago. Cheryl reflects back on her own adoption journey, as well as what it’s really like to raise an adopted child.

What Influence do Drugs Have on a Baby?

Read why it is important for adoptive families to research the effects drugs or alcohol may have on unborn children.

Transracial Adoption



How Do Adopted Children Feel About Being Adopted?

Adoption can impact a child's life in many ways. While it once thought that it was best to keep a child's adoption history secret, today adoption is celebrated by families across the world as a positive, beautiful event that makes each adopted child special.