Adopted Children

Who Are The 'Real' Parents? An Adoptive Dad’s Answer

David Valdes Greenwood | Posted 05.23.2012

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David Valdes Greenwood

Whatever it is that keeps our daughter's mother at a distance, she made our family. And that's the one thing my child and all her parents know for sure.

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The Peace Project

Lisa Schultz | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Adopted Children, Single Motherhood, The Peace Project, Sierra Leone Africa, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Nonprofit, Impact News
Lisa Schultz

The Peace Project is not just a social movement currently doing work in Sierra Leone, Africa -- it's a very personal project and I've seen (and experienced) in the most tangible and fantastic ways the power it has to transform lives, starting with my own.

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We Need to Help Orphans Find Families

Craig Juntunen | Posted 05.13.2012

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Craig Juntunen

If we can all agree that these children's lives matter, then why aren't we doing something to give them a better chance of realizing the dream of joining a loving family?

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When Fox News, David Brock, Identity and Adoption Intersect: Where's the Outrage?

Adam Pertman | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Religion, David Brock, Media Matters, Identity, Disability, Fox, Keith Ablow, Adoption, Adopted Children, Fox News, Media News
Adam Pertman

The part of David Brock's identity that was denigrated by psychiatrist Keith Ablow on Fox News was the fact that he entered his family through adoption and, alas, there was barely a peep of reaction.

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Why This Day Is So Special For Adopted Kids

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 03.11.2012

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NEW YORK — With its fireworks, family reunions and feasts, Lunar New Year is the longest and most important celebration for millions around the ...

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Facebook Helps Adopted Teen Find Birth Mother

Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Adopted Children, Video, Biological Mom, Adoptees, Birth Parents, Biological Family, Facebook, Birth Mother, Adoption, Family, Impact News

NBC Today interviewed a family who found their adopted daughter's birth mother on Facebook. As Jessi Zachtel grew up, she found herself increasingly...

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California Adoption -- Why Is It So Hard to Adopt From Foster Care?

Jeff Katz | Posted 07.25.2011

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Jeff Katz

When James and his wife Stephanie, an attorney and bank compliance officer, decided in early 2009 to adopt a daughter through foster care, he assumed it would be pretty easy. James was wrong.

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Being Honest About My Biracial Daughter and Long-Haired Son

Sarah Buttenwieser | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sarah Buttenwieser

If my kids know they are who they are -- bright, sweet, scrappy girl and smart, athletic, long-haired boy -- does it matter whether strangers know anything beyond their first impressions?

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Tick Tock Is Another Winner From Patterson

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackie K. Cooper

James Patterson and Company continue to push out these books multiple times a year. As long as they stay as interesting and engrossing as Tick Tock, they can do a book a month or more.

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Learning About Adoption From a Child's Perspective

Sally Maslansky | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sally Maslansky

Imagine what the world looks and feels like to a child taken from his mother at the age of 1 or 2. Imagine that no one has really prepared him in any way for this transition.

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Licensing to Love for Parents and Wannabes

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Cara Barker

Help me understand. You and I need to earn a license to drive our cars, right? We need a license to marry. You need a license to operate a restaura...

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Love Learned

Tina Traster | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Reactive Attachment Disorder, Parenting, Adoption, Adopted Children, Russia Adopted, Mothering, Motherhood, Parenthood, Healthy Living News
Tina Traster

Children afflicted with Reactive Attachment Disorder thrive on chaos and upheaval. It gives them a feeling of control, yet they stay at an emotional distance, which is what they want.

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Saving Abandoned Babies: The Movie

Posted 05.25.2011

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Thirteen years ago, Debbe Magnusen saw a newspaper article about a baby found dead in a filing cabinet in California after its mother had abandoned it...

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All Families Don't Look Alike

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Peggy Drexler

Families with children who look or even feel different still feel the bond -- they understand that all families are different, not better or worse.

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Adopting A New Attitude

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Peggy Drexler

They used to tell adopted children that they were special because they'd been chosen. I've told my adopted child that I don't believe that. Neither adoption nor birth conveys status to a child.

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Madonna, Mercy and Malawi

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Jane and I love our adopted children more than anything else in the world. We would both rather have them raised by Madonna than grow up where we found them.

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