Child Welfare Outcomes 2008-2011 is now available online. This Report to Congress is the twelfth in a series of reports from the U.S. Department of He...
Adoption Leave at Work
Do you feel those who give birth get preferential treatment at work? The U.S. Department Of Labor’s Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) states t...
There is really no such thing as gay adoption ~ It is simply called ‘adoption’
Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Michele Fried Discrimination: The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especi...
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...
Carmela meets the adoptive family
Many people are apprehensive about meeting new people. Prospective adoptive parents are nervous wrecks when it comes to meeting the birth mother of th...
Funding Adoption Efforts
Have you heard of Crowdfunding? Forbes defines it as: “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a la...
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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...