It’s especially important to celebrate birth parents during National Adoption Month! These courageous women and men made …
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Nov
2012
Celebrating Birth Parents During National Adoption Month
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Nov
2012
Social Media and Adoption
Social media has quickly become one of the most important ways to promote a cause or share something important – like the …
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Nov
2012
Tell Your Child’s Adoption Story
In a recent episode of ABC’s Modern Family (Ep. 405 “Open House of Horrors”), adoptive parents Cam and Mitchell have to come clean after telling their adopted daughter Lily an untruth about her birth mother. In a weak moment, while trying to get Lily to …
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Nov
2012
Share an Adoption Song!
Call a local radio station and ask them to play an adoption song in honor of National Adoption Month!
While there are songs explicitly written about adoption, many people feel adoption connections to other songs because of the mood they convey, the time they first …
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Nov
2012
While You Wait to Adopt
Healthy Ways to Handle the Wait
Once you become activated, the wait can seem like a lifetime. For some couples, this wait feels especially long and difficult during the holiday season when there are many reminders of family togetherness.
It is easy to get frustrated …
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Nov
2012
Take Adoption to Our Libraries and Schools
According to the U.S. Census, 1 in 25 households with children has at least one adopted child.
And yet, many adoptive parents find themselves frustrated when their child is faced with uncomfortable questions about adoption on the playground or at school. (Read Kristen Howerton’s …
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Nov
2012
Presenting Our Halloween Photo Contest Results!
Halloween has come and gone again – but not without first being celebrated by our American Adoptions family! Have …
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Nov
2012
Top Twelve Reasons Adoptive Families Choose American Adoptions
For twenty years, adoptive families across the country have trusted American Adoptions to help them along their adoption journeys, …
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Nov
2012
Bringing Adoption Into Your Faith Community
Ask your church, synagogue or other religious institution to recognize National Adoption Month!
Have your pastor or rabbi speak about adoption or recognize adoptive families and waiting families during an upcoming service. Ask your religious institution to recognize adoption as a wonderful way to build …
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Nov
2012
Spread Adoption Love!
Use National Adoption Month as an opportunity to spread adoption love!
Send letters to people in your life who have been …