How to Build an Adoption Profile to Stand Out
The decision to adopt a child is one of the most exciting and fulfilling moments for any family. However, it’s not uncommon to experience some stress when it comes to completing your adoption profile. You can ensure you optimize your adoption profile by using these...
An Adoption Story From the Adoptee’s Perspective: Meet Anuhya
Hearing real adoption stories from real families is one thing that helps both expecting parents and hopeful adoptive parents who are exploring adoption. It’s a powerful way to educate people about the benefits of adoption. We asked our Adoption & Beyond families...
The Four Main Pieces of Adoption (and Each One’s Role!)
The adoption process is filled with many moving parts. The most important parts, however, are the people involved along the way: The adopted child/person, the adoptive parents, the birth parents, and the agency/attorney. Here we look at the four main pieces of a...
This Is the Way Our Family Was Always Meant to Be Created: Ashlea Christopher’s Adoption Story
One thing that we’ve found to be helpful for expecting parents and hopeful adoptive parents who are exploring adoption is hearing real adoption stories from real families. It’s a powerful way to educate people about the benefits of adoption. We asked our Adoption...
From Abandonment & Betrayal to Acceptance & Forgiveness: The Gifts of Memoir
By Julie Ryan McGue & Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D Julie Ryan McGue and Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D release their memoirs in May. Both books address the complexity of the mother-daughter relationship, reveal painful reckonings, and disclose moving personal...
How to Decide if Adoption is Right for Your Family
Planning a family is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make. For some families, adoption might be something they’ve dreamed about their whole lives, while for others, adoption might be a new idea they’ve never considered before. Regardless of your...
Brittani & Esteban’s Life-Changing Adoption Story
At Adoption & Beyond, one thing we’ve found to be helpful for expecting parents and hopeful adoptive parents who are exploring adoption is hearing real adoption stories from real families. By seeing how their lives have been changed by adoption, it’s a powerful...
Advantages of An Open Adoption For the Child, Adoptive Families, and Birth Families
Open adoption is the best way to allow a child to have contact with his or her birth family without creating confusion or tension. That said, open adoption is not a form of co-parenting – the adoptive parents have full parental custody of their child. Simply put, open...