What makes a parent? Unconditional love and support of your children is the easy answer. Patience is for certain. But what about the law? In most situ...
CBS TV Special Supporting Foster Care Adoption
Tomorrow (Wednesday, December 21) at 8:00 pm, CBS will be airing a one-hour TV special “A Home For The Holidays” that will support Foster ...
Fun Winter Activities For You and Your Children
The winter season doesn’t have to only be about hunkering down under the blankets, even in Buffalo! IVillage.com recently published 50 activitie...
A Young Adoptee Takes A Journey Back to Adoption STAR
This Post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder, Michele Fried. Deb and Susana were at the very early stages of the adoption process when a pho...
Virginia’s Regulations Allow Adoption Agencies to discriminate based on “Family Status”
In April we wrote a blog post about the State of Virginia voting to “continue a practice that some argue allows faith-based organizations in Virgini...
Adoption In The News: “I.R.S. Denied Lesbians Legitimate Tax Credit”
While New York State, and several other states, have recently legalized LGBTQ marriage, the Federal Government still does not recognize these unions. ...
Adoption STAR’s Agency Assisted Private Adoption Program
This post was written about Kit and Mike who adopted through Adoption STAR’s Agency Assisted Private Adoption Program. “We always knew tha...
Don’t be an Adoption Expert: Be an Expert Parent
Martha Crawford is a Psychotherapist and has experience working with adoptive families and adult adoptees, she is also an adoptive mother. One thing t...
Going through the Adoption Process
This post was written Adoption STAR CEO and Founder, Michele Fried. Many pregnant women considering adoption (expectant parents) wonder what the proce...
Adoption STAR Promotes Zack Fried: Being An Adoptee Inspired His Career Choice
At the age of twelve, Zack received his first invitation to speak to a group of social workers working in the field of adoption. He engaged the audien...