MTV aired a special episode of it’s TV show “16 and Pregnant” focused on adoption on Tuesday, and I was pleasantly surprised with the seriousnes...
Adoption STAR Book Club: “Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother”
We’ve had great responses to the Adoption STAR Book Club that we introduced last week, and today we’re announcing that the first book the ...
Adoption Poetry
The adoption journey is shared in many ways whether it is by book, song, film, poetry or other creative outlet. The highs and lows for all members of ...
How to celebrate the joy of your new arrival while also dealing with birth parent grief
By Michele Fried, Adoption STAR CEO and Founder. Adopting Zachary was one of the greatest experiences of our lives. We can remember it as if it were...
Meet Our Staff: Zack Fried
For those who have not seen our new staff bio pages, we have recently added introduction videos for the staff members. I’d like to take the opportun...
New Report on the State of Children in America
The Federal Interagency Forum on Children and Family Statistics, which is a group of 22 agencies that gather statistics on children and families, rece...
Adoption STAR Book Club
For those that missed the Facebook post earlier today, we would like to begin an Official Adoption STAR Book Club. The “meetings” will tak...
Adoption In The News: “Father spoke of having Obama adopted”
How would your life have changed if you were adopted? That is a question we have all wondered at one point or another. According to this article on Bo...
Commentary About the Casey Anthony Trial
By Michele Fried I was one of those who chose not to watch the Casey Anthony trial. But I know so many people who did. Emotional reactions to the verd...
Teaching Children Lessons From Our Youth
Last week I wrote about passing down your favorite movies from your childhood to your children. Ellenore Angelidis, who blogs at workingmother.com, re...