Finding Creative Outlets for Children

Finding Creative Outlets for Children

If you are an adoptive parent to an older child, such as a preschooler or elementary-aged child, or if you are currently a foster parent, then you may face the challenge of figuring out what excites your child. What makes him or her light up with imagination? Or...
Resources for Adoptive Parents in Missouri

Resources for Adoptive Parents in Missouri

Are you a potential adoptive parent starting the road to adoption? Or maybe you just recently adopted a child? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the information and the emotions that come with this process? Then trust that you are not alone. It is very common for...
Back to School: Advice for Adoptive Parents

Back to School: Advice for Adoptive Parents

The back-to-school time is here with parents and children scrambling to get new clothes, prepare for class photos, buy school supplies and say so long to the hot summers and cool pool parties. Parents will find that it’s time to switch from the summer to the school...
Exploring Concerns of Birth Parents, Part 2

Exploring Concerns of Birth Parents, Part 2

There are many questions and concerns that birth parents face when embarking on the journey to understand the options surrounding adoption. At Adoption & Beyond, we want you to be at peace with any decision you make, so we are providing a periodic blog series to...
Welcoming Home A Newborn

Welcoming Home A Newborn

Are you preparing to welcome a newborn child into your home soon? Perhaps it is your first child? If that is the case, it can feel incredibly overwhelming as you consider childproofing everything form cabinets to electrical sockets. Not to mention diapers, cribs, and...
Gifts for Adoptive Parents

Gifts for Adoptive Parents

Many people are familiar with buying presents for weddings and baby showers or even anniversary parties. There’s usually a registry, premade gift baskets, or obvious choices that we know from many years of attending similar events. But what about celebrations for...
Exploring Concerns of Birth Parents, Part 2

Exploring Concerns of Birth Parents, Part 1

There are many questions and concerns that birth parents face when embarking on the journey to understand the options surrounding adoption. These decisions are based around not just information but also emotions and intuition. At Adoption & Beyond, we want you to...
Summertime Learning

Summertime Learning

School is out! No more bells, busy crosswalks, or busses. The kids are sleeping in and staying up later. The schedule shifts to the new summer sun and community pool hours. The backpacks grow dusty in closets and school clothes are long forgotten for the fun of a...
Being Adoption Proud on the Fourth of July

Being Adoption Proud on the Fourth of July

We’ve talked about the different countries that parents can adopt from before, such as Ethiopia and China, but what we can sometimes forget is that, no matter the birth country of your child, we all come together with different holiday histories. The Fourth of July...