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...
How Open Adoption Impacted A Recent Medical Scare
In today’s post, Sue Reardon talks about how open adoption impacted a recent medical scar. If you are anything like me, you probably look forwar...
A Journey To Hope
Guest Blogger Christy Lohner speaks about her domestic second open adoption and how different it was from her much more open first international adopt...
How did you know the Adoptive Parents you selected were the right parents for your baby?
Our Media Specialist Lesa Ferguson found this question on Facebook : “Birth mothers who created adoption plans – How did you know the Adop...
The Colors of Us
Our Associate Director Michael Hill Parents in multicultural/multiethnic families may already be familiar with a brilliant children’s book entitled ...
Important Issues When Considering Private Adoption
Private or independent adoption is most often thought of as an arrangement made without an adoption agency. It typically involves initial contacts mad...
Considering the Adoption of Black Infants
There are more than 400,000 children presently in out-of-home care in the United States. Almost half of these children are Black. Many Black children ...
Birth Mother Celebration ’13: A Recap
At this year’s Birth Mother Celebration, my job was to take pictures and speak briefly about what open adoption means to me. During Adoption STAR’...
Happy Birth Mother’s Day from some of our Adoption STAR children!
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Telling Your Child Their Birth Story and Other How To’s
On Wednesday, May 15th, Adoption STAR is sponsoring a workshop entitled “Telling Your Child Their Birth Story and Other How To’s.” The workshop ...