"Even to this day, my friends sometimes comment 'Your mom and dad love you so much Amy,'" writes graphic designer Amy Sheehan ...

Children's Books About Adoption can be a meaningful resource for families going through change, whether a child is joining the family or a sibling is learning what that transition looks like. These ...

According to a 2022 survey, about 5 million Americans have been adopted, and between 2% and 4% of Americans have adopted a child. This includes adopting children from another nation, adopting American ...

Adopting a child isn’t an easy process. Parents who choose to adopt often have to go through a lot to bring that child home. And for kids who are adopted, especially kids old enough to be aware of ...

November is National Adoption Month, a time to honor the complexity of adoption and the voices of those who live it every day: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families. Throughout this month, ...

Critics of adoption have sometimes argued that children need to grow up in families who match their ethnicity, lest they develop a confused sense of identity. According to this viewpoint, ethnically ...

ATHENS, Ga. -- Ten-year-old Ivey Zezulka learning that she's going to be adopted by her foster family might be the most heartwarming thing you'll see today. Her foster parents Paige and Daniel ...

Dozens of foster youth have a place to call home after being adopted into new families in San Joaquin County, just in time for Thanksgiving. This includes single working-mother Alyssa Gutierrez and ...

The number of foreign children adopted by Americans dropped for the third year in a row, a consequence of tougher policies in the two countries — China and Russia — that over the past decade have ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – On National Adoption Day, 134 children across Massachusetts are being adopted, including 13 in Hampden County. Families in Hampden County are celebrating the adoption of their ...