Parents who have adopted on what to say (and not to say) to parents who have grown their family via adoption and how to best support any adoptive families you know Becoming a parent is a major life ...

Back in 2000, we accepted a five-week-old baby girl into our lives as foster parents. We were hoping to support her family until she could return to them. Seven months later, we got a call from the ...

Experts and parents alike say that adoptive parents need leave in the same way that biological parents do. "A mom is a mom is a mom," said Catherine Birndorf, one of the founders of the Motherhood ...

Adoptive parents invest more time and financial resources in their children than biological parents, according to a new national study challenging arguments that have been used to oppose same-sex ...

For years, Natalia Grace’s story has gripped the nation. The former Ukrainian orphan gave viewers an in-depth glimpse into her side of her adoption story in the ID docuseries The Curious Case of ...

Every week, Dear Prudence answers additional questions from readers, just for Slate Plus members. R. Eric Thomas is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental leave. Submit ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The adoptive parents of a boy were awarded more than $12 million in damages against a Jacksonville organization because it failed to disclose important facts on the child’s ...

For the last year, and especially since the devastating Atlanta-area murders on March 16, many of my Asian American friends have been sharing deeply personal, painful stories of talking with their ...

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