Adoption STAR encourages all their clients who are parents and those who hope to be parents to receive parenthood education and to utilize alternate f...
Adoption and Religion: You don’t have to be a believer to deepen our understanding of family
CEO & founder Michele Fried shares her expertise in religion and relates how adoption is a major theme in Christian, Judaic and Islamic stories. ...
A Glimpse at the Adoption Subsidy
In anticipation of Our Shining STAR Event, we are featuring a weekly blog series on Special Needs Adoption. On Wednesday January 29th, 2014, Adoption ...
The On Call Adoption Worker
What Does It Mean To Be “On Call”? We will look at the on-call support staff at Adoption STAR and meet two of the social workers that are often av...
Pros and Cons to Social Media and Adoption
In the news, there have been numerous incidents were hopeful adoptive parents have been scammed by ads online. In today’s blog post, we explore ...
“…Everyone Else’s Children Will Determine the Next Adult Population”
CEO and Founder Michele Fried sent the staff a link to a video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. The video which follows ...
Torie’s Story
CEO & founder Michele Fried shares the story of a birth mother and her husband who had to navigate difficult emotional challenges when they place...
On Choosing to Parent a Child with Special Needs
In anticipation of Our Shining STAR Event, we are featuring a weekly blog series on Special Needs Adoption. On Wednesday January 29th, 2014, Adoption ...
Meet Adoption STAR’s NYS Adoption Attorney – Brendan O’Shea
In today’s blog post, we meet Adoption STAR’s New York State’s Adoption Attorney – Brendan O’Shea. Michele Fried, Adopti...
A Day in the Life of a Mom
This weekend Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Michele Fried shares the challenge of remaining calm in the midst of a troubling news. As my children ar...