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Adopting from the Dominican Republic

Older Child Adoption, Birth Families, Family Adoption Stories, How To Adopt, Adoptee Articles, Adoption and School, Bonding & Attachment, Waiting Children, Adoption Process, Adoption Advocacy, Travel and Birthcountry Tours, Adoption Education and Training, Education, Boys, Family and Community Support

Q&A with the Harrison Family: Big rewards of a long in-country stay  A few weeks ago, we met the Tejada-Acosta Family, who lived in the Domi...

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A Long Stay Can Go a Long Way: Meet the Tejada-Acosta Family

Dominican Republic   Birth Families, Family Adoption Stories, How To Adopt, Adoption News, Adoptee Articles, Adoption and School, Bonding & Attachment, Waiting Children, Adoption Process, Pre-Adoption, Adoption Advocacy, Travel and Birthcountry Tours, Adoption Education and Training, Adoption Funding, Grants, Finances, Post-Adoption, Culture and Pride, Family and Community Support

Potential adoptive families often balk at countries that require long stays to adopt; but as working remotely becomes more normalized and technology i...

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Meant To Be

China, Vietnam   Birth Families, Family Adoption Stories, Adoptee Articles, Travel and Birthcountry Tours

A few years ago, when I was eleven years old, my family returned to my birthland -- Vietnam -- where I met my birth mother and a great big extended bi...

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Why Did My Birth Mom Give Me Up?

Ethiopia   Birth Families

Most of the assignments I give my oldest son have to do with household chores – helping with pouring milk for dinner or putting laundry away. I ...

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Visiting Birth Family and Exploring Culture on a Heritage Trip

Mexico   Birth Families, Travel and Birthcountry Tours

When we decided to adopt Daniela, of Mexican heritage and born in the US, in 2004 and Josh, born in Guatemala, in 2006, we had planned ...

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Discovering Your Child's Birth Culture

Birth Families, Post-Adoption, Culture and Pride

Adopting internationally gives you the opportunity to explore a culture and country which is often much different from your own. It leads you to ...

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A Letter of Gratitude to My Birth Mother

Cerebral Palsy   Korea South   Birth Families, Adoptee Articles

After her trip to Korea, adoptee Megan Green felt compelled to write a letter to her birth mother. This is what she said. Dear Birth Mother, The last ...

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Family-Based Care Keeps Families Together

Ghana, Haiti, Nepal, Congo   Birth Families, Orphan and Family Aid, Christian, Family and Community Support, Ways to Help

The latest UNICEF statistics show there are more than 144 million orphans worldwide. The majority of these children do have a parent. Bethany Christia...

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Letter from a Birth Mother

USA   Birth Families

July 24th is my son’s birthday. He turned 7 this year and it pains me because I know he is no longer just a baby, but a big boy who is grow...

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Meeting Maria, My Twin Separated at Birth

Sibling Adoption, Birth Families, Family Adoption Stories, Adoptee Articles, Post-Adoption

I've thought about writing the story of meeting my sister Maria for years, but have found it so difficult to put all my thoughts, memories and feeling...

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