Ask AF: Do We Need a Lawyer to Change Our Child’s Name?

Editorial Team - May 10, 2016 - Bonding, Expert Q&A, Family Adjustment, Preparing for Parenthood, The Process

Ask AF: Do We Need a Lawyer to Change Our Child’s Name?

Editorial Team - May 10, 2016 - Bonding, Expert Q&A, Family Adjustment, Preparing for Parenthood, The Process

Do we have to use a lawyer (and pay attorney fees) to change our child’s name?

Ask AF: Birth Sibling Contact

Kathleen Silber - May 8, 2016 - Expert Q&A, Openness, Parenting, Search & Reunion, Talking

When kids find out they have birth siblings, they’re usually interested in meeting. Here’s how parents can help facilitate the relationship.

Ask AF: Jealous of Dad

Mary Ann Curran - May 7, 2016 - Bonding, Expert Q&A, Family Adjustment

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Lobbying for Adoption Benefits

Editorial Team - May 5, 2016 - Expert Q&A, Preparing for Parenthood, The Process

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Kinship Questions

Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D. - May 4, 2016 - Bonding, Bonding & Child Care, Expert Q&A, Family Adjustment

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Sharing Difficult Birth Parent Information

Kathleen Silber - May 3, 2016 - Connections to the Past, Expert Q&A, Openness

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Why Won’t My Child Stop Eating?

Deborah Borchers, M.D. - May 2, 2016 - Bonding, Expert Q&A, Transitions 3+

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Foster Care vs. Kinship Care

Sarah Gerstenzang - May 1, 2016 - Adopting, Expert Q&A, Foster

I have a five-month-old foster child whose case was recently transferred from kinship care to foster care. What does this mean?

Ask AF: A Spouse’s Reluctance About Adoption

Joni Mantell, LCSW - April 30, 2016 - Adopting, Decisions, Expert Q&A

My husband is fearful of a damaged child and of disrupting our stable lives, and he refuses to discuss adoption.

Ask AF: Celebrating Heritage

Deborah H. Johnson - April 29, 2016 - Culture & Heritage, Expert Q&A, Transracial

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Restrictions to Adoption

Kathy Brodsky - April 27, 2016 - Expert Q&A, The Home Study, The Process

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Kids’ Adoption Books to Donate

Editorial Team - April 26, 2016 - Expert Q&A, Talking, Talking to Others

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Opening Contact

Kathleen Silber - April 25, 2016 - Expert Q&A, Living with Openness, Openness

“We recently learned that our son’s birth mother is having health problems. How do we tell him, and how can we ask for more contact?’

Ask AF: When Bonding Takes Time

Diana Schwab, M.ED., L.S.W. - April 24, 2016 - Bonding, Expert Q&A, Transitions 3+

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Wishing She Looked Like Mom

Ronny Diamond - April 23, 2016 - Expert Q&A, Racial Identity, Transracial

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Continuing Contact with the Birth Family?

Mary Ann Curran - April 22, 2016 - Connections to the Past, Expert Q&A, Openness

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Birth Mother’s Day

Kathleen Silber - April 20, 2016 - Expert Q&A, Living with Openness, Openness

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Long Term Treatment for Emotional Problems

Susan Freivalds - April 19, 2016 - Expert Q&A, Health & Development, Parenting

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Access to Foster Files

Sarah Gerstenzang - April 18, 2016 - Adopting, Expert Q&A, Foster

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Eligible to Adopt?

Editorial Team - April 17, 2016 - Expert Q&A, The Home Study, The Process

Answers to your parenting questions.