Four families share how they fit making scrapbooks and lifebooks into their busy lives after adopting.
Creating a History for Your Teen During Infancy
What we record now about our child will help him or her later in the difficult teen task of forging a positive identity.
Child-Created Lifebooks
Even if you’ve made a scrapbook or lifebook for your child, kids this age like to tell their own stories. Here’s how to help.
Adoption Scrapbooks Made Easy
Tips for capturing the journey leading up to your child’s adoption, and the precious moments after, in scrapbook your family will cherish forever.
A Tale to Treasure
Follow these pointers to capture your child’s adoption story in a personalized picture book.
Adoption Scrapbooks: A Link to the Past
An adoption scrapbook lets parents and children create a sense of history and of belonging.
Ask AF: Age-Appropriate Adoption Books
Answers to your parenting questions.
Thanks for the Memories!
A lifebook can fill in the gaps of your child’s early story — and creating it can be a fun project for all of you.
Lifebook Lessons
Five experts answer your questions in this how-to guide for creating what will likely become your child’s favorite read-to-me book.
Ask AF: Creating a Lifebook for a Teen
One adoptive mother wonders if she should make a lifebook, even though she doesn’t have many photos of his life before he came to her. AF readers respond.
Take Your Best Shot
Adoptive parents — and photo pros — help you capture those precious moments with your kids.
Creating a Personal Adoption Storybook for Your Preschooler
Telling your child’s story in book form can cement his sense of belonging in your family and boost his self-esteem.
“Babies and Birth Moms and Bellies, Oh My!”
When our two children began to ask questions — lots of questions — my partner and I found answers in homemade adoption storybooks.
[Book Review] Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge To Your Child’s Beginnings
In this essential addition to the literature on adoption lifebooks, Cindy Probst provides a structured, child-centered approach to the task of writing down what happened in the earliest days of a child’s life.
A Bridge to Your Child’s Beginnings
In an excerpt from her book, Cindy Probst talks about why lifebooks, long treasured by foster adopters, make sense for all adoptive families.
Your Baby’s Memory Book
Create a simple story for your young child to learn and grow with.