Adopting a child can be both an exciting and overwhelming time. Not only do you have to get used to assuming the role of being a parent to a child, but your new child will have to adjust to their new home, surroundings, and family. The adoption process itself is long...
The foster care system has over 400,000 children in it in the United States alone, and the number is only increasing with each passing year. Despite the large number of children in need of a home, some states have less than 10,000 beds available to accommodate them...
Families needed to make more room at the dinner table this Thanksgiving season, especially as 2018 saw a record-high adoption year. Over the past year, adoptions from foster care have risen by 18 percent, with Louisiana boasting a record increase during the twelve...
Different families have different ways of coping with the sibling rivalry issues that can arise when one child is a biological addition to the family, while the other was adopted. Whether the natural-born child (or children) arrived before or after their adopted...
Children in the United States foster care system often have special needs. According to a study by Children’s Rights, a national child welfare organization, at least 30 percent of children awaiting adoption have at least one chronic medical condition; at...
