American Adoptions wishes you and yours a Happy Mother’s Day Weekend! Whether you’re a birth mother, adoptive mother, first mother, forever mother or expectant …
Happy Mother’s Day Weekend!
/?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(); } ?>Continued Decline in International Adoption Numbers in 2013
/?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(); } ?>The total number of international adoptions fell by 18 percent in 2013, to the lowest level since 1992, due in part to Russia’s ban on adoption by Americans and further declines in adoption from South Korea and Ethiopia.
According to the State Department, international adoptions …
Wrapping Up Adoption Month 2013
/?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(); } ?>As National Adoption Month 2013 comes to a close, we wanted to share this another short video from Olympian and Adoptee Aaron Parchem on the impact adoption has had on his life. You can more about Aaron’s adoption story in our post Opportunities of Adopted Children.
Saturday is National Adoption Day!
/?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(); } ?>Adoption Poems
/?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(); } ?>As we’ve been asking for folks to send us adoption memories and reflections for National Adoption Month, we also received this note from adoptive couple Dennis and Chrissy about a poem that has been special to them throughout their adoption journey:
“After having …
Become an Adoption Advocate
/?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(); } ?>Share an Adoption Reflection with Us
/?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(); } ?>During the month of November, we’ll be celebrating National Adoption Month by sharing 30 Days of Adoption Reflections!
Send …
Open Adoption Communication Research
/?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(); } ?>Open adoptions have many facets, and open adoption relationships themselves come in a wide variety. There’s still much research to be done to understand what sort of relationships and communication styles are most healthy for everyone involved in an open adoption.
Colleen Warner Colaner, an …




