Weight gain during your pregnancy is the third part in our five-part series on pregnancy health. If you would like more in-depth information on weight...
Hair Care Resources
Many parents ask us about hair care products and methods for their children, and Adoption STAR adoptive mother, Amanda S., provided us with several bl...
Adoption In The News: “Raising an Ethiopian Jewish Child in Georgia”
For those who read “Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother” for the Adoption STAR Book Club, you will find some similarities in the article “Rais...
Adoption STAR Original Podcast Series
Adoption STAR is proud introduce its original podcast series. We will be releasing new podcasts on a monthly basis on topics important to adoptees, ad...
Making An Adoption Plan For Your Baby
Choosing to place a baby for adoption is a very difficult decision, and there are generally a number of factors that contribute to such an important a...
Traveling for the Adoption STAR Adoptive Family Picnic
This Sunday, August 7, Adoption STAR will be holding its annual adoptive family picnic at Ellicott Creek Park, shelters 10A and 10B, from 1-4 pm. All ...
Parenting your Teen/Tween
Judy M. Miller is a mother of four children, three of whom were adopted, and she has made a career writing about parenting your adopted children in th...
How To Address Adoption with Grandparents ~ From Both Adoptive Parents and Birth Parents
By Michele Fried, founder and CEO, Adoption STAR I remember countless stories of expectant parents I met with over the years who cried at the thought ...
How to handle when one child has an open adoption and the other has a closed one
By Zack Fried, Adoption STAR Intake Specialist “I remember going to McDonalds with my birth mother when I was a baby.” Although this never actuall...