Wondering how to adopt from Ghana? Find statistics, prospective parent requirements, personal stories, and more resources.
Nigeria Adoption Fast Facts
Wondering how to adopt from Nigeria? Find statistics, prospective parent requirements, and an average budget and timeline.
“Writing, Then Re-Writing, Our ‘Dear Expectant Mother’ Letter”
What do you write when the merchandise on offer is your heart?
“We Wanted to Adopt White Children”
I chose our route because I didn’t feel comfortable adopting outside our race. Six bittersweet years of motherhood have taught me to look beyond appearances.
The Second Time Around
You’ve decided you’re ready to grow your family — again. Here’s help with answering the questions you didn’t have to ask the first time you adopted.
“An Unmatched Set” Can I Love a Child Who Doesn’t Look Like me?
Could I love a child who doesn’t look like me? Yes. More than I’ve ever thought possible.
The Reluctant Spouse
Don’t be surprised if your mate resists adoption even as you are embracing it.
“Our Agonizing Decision to Decline a Referral”
We thought accepting a referral would be the easy part. It wasn’t.
“Raising California”
Families are forming in all sorts of ways, in a rainbow of colors, and my son through adoption is growing up right in the middle of all of it.
“More Than Skin Deep”
My attachment is so fierce, it takes my breath away.
Bulgaria Adoption Fast Facts
Wondering how to adopt from Bulgaria? Find statistics, prospective parent requirements, personal stories, and more resources.
Ask AF: Moving and Readoption
I’m about to move. Can I readopt after I move, or do I have to readopt in the state I lived in when I brought my child home?
Ask AF: Working with Two Agencies
Answers to your parenting questions.
News Brief: Further Decline in International Adoption in 2015
In 2015, parents in the United States adopted 5,648 children from 89 different countries. The number of intercountry adoptions completed by parents in the U.S. has steadily dropped since 22,884 children were adopted in 2004.
Adoption Cost and Timing in 2014-2015
Each year, Adoptive Families polls newly formed families across the country to get actual information on the cost and length of time it took those families to complete their adoptions. We are grateful to every one of you who took our most recent Cost & Timing of Adoption Survey.
Ask AF: Foster Care vs. Kinship Care
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
My husband is fearful of a damaged child and of disrupting our stable lives, and he refuses to discuss adoption.
Ask AF: Access to Foster Files
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: Is There an Adoption Watchdog Organization?
We were unhappy with the lack of disclosure, the low level of professionalism, and the lies that we were told by our adoption agency.
Daughters in Demand
Given a choice, many parents prefer to adopt girls. But should parents be allowed to select their childs sex? And how does the desire for daughters affect the adoption communityand the children themselves?