Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Michele Fried, inspired by the naming of the newest prince to the English Royal Family, writes about how she named he...
What Does Loving Your Pet have to do with Adoption STAR?
Adoption STAR will cover the donation fee to participate in the September 28, 2013 Paws in the Park Walk for the first 30 adults who sign up on the Ad...
Second Parent Adoptions: Not As Easy As You May Have Thought (Unfortunately!)
Unless it touches you personally, many people don’t realize that even though same-sex marriage has been making heading, there is still a fight on th...
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Safer and Easier to Find Adoptive Families at Adoption STAR than on Facebook
By Michele Fried, Adoption STAR Founder & CEO When I got home from my overseas travels, I logged on to catch up with “adoption in the news” t...
What to Expect #4: Developmental vs. Chronological age
By Our International Adoption Coordinator Megan Montgomery It is common for children who have been adopted (in particular at an older age and through ...
A CASE FOR OPEN ADOPTION
Adoption Expert Peter C. Winkler, LMSW, a featured guest blogger shares his expertise. He writes regularly for allexperts.com on the subject of adopti...
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Making Promises You Cannot Keep
Our Birth Parent Department Supervisor, Sue Shaw discusses the importance of Adoptive Parents keeping their promises to Birth Families. I have been wo...
Adoption STAR’s Appreciative Adoptive Parents
Shortly after receiving placement of a child, many Adoption STAR adoptive parents find themselves feeling incredibly fortunate and grateful to have ac...
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Waiting for the Right Baby
By Michele Fried, Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Marie and Peter were coming up on their two-year mark with the agency. Their home study was already...
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What to Expect #3: Attachment and Bonding
To even begin to understand the reality of attachment and bonding we need to know what these terms mean. Attachment: Attachment is a tie between two p...