Each month Adoption STAR releases a new podcast on adoption-related topics. During National Adoption Month we released a two-part podcast with a famil...
Being Open and Honest About Adoption
Judy Lewis, the daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable passed away recently. Young gave birth to Lewis as a young single actress in Hollywood, and ...
Parenting a child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
This is the second in a two-part blog series on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Click here to read part one on the prevention of and signs and symptoms of F...
Most common baby names in 2011
The most popular baby names from 2011 were recently released, and the number one boy’s name was Mason and the number one girl’s name was E...
The Signs and Symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
This is the first in a two-part blog series on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. To read part one on the prevention of and signs and symptoms of Fetal Alcohol S...
November Memories Shared
This post was written by Adoption STAR Founder and CEO, Michele Fried I have always believed that National Adoption Month and Thanksgiving were perfec...
Changing view of the “Traditional American Family”
For many years the traditional American family was “mother, father and 2.5 kids.” That has changed over the years, and according to a CNN ...
Adoption In The News: “‘Brown babies’ long search for family, identity”
CNN recently posted a feature story on the plight of adoptees from the World War II-era, who were born to white German mothers and African American ...
Thanksgiving Traditions
Everyone family has their own Thanksgiving traditions. My family’s tradition consists of “my dad cooking the turkey, my mom and younger si...
Adoption Reunion From a Teenagers Perspective
Recently, the Huffington Post published a blog post from a teenage adoptee about her reunion with her two biological brothers. The author of the post,...