When parents expect the worst from their children, they often get it.
Teaching Your Child the ABC’s of Reading
When it comes to reading skills, parents are their children’s first—and best—teachers. Here’s how to give your child a head start on mastering the written word.
“Sleeping Together as a Family”
At night, each of this mother’s three children wanted to be with mom.
How to Get Your Child Help at School
When a child has learning problems, often the first step is an Individualized Educational Program (IEP). Here’s what you need to know.
Do Adoptees Struggle with Change and Transition?
“My daughter has greater difficulties with transitions than her friends who were born into their families. If we know a transition is coming, we prepare.”
News Brief: Higher Rates of Adoption Documented in Transgender Youth
Doctors at a gender management clinic have found that 8.2 percent of the 184 transgender youth they’ve seen between 2007 and 2015 were adopted. The overall rate in their state is 2.3 percent.
Questioning Medical Myths About Adoption
Make sure your infant or toddler is getting the care he needs.
Ask the Doctor: How Do I Feed My Newborn?
Everything you need to know about bonding with and nourishing your child during feeding times, from an adoption medicine expert.
Ask the Doctor: Pre-Adoption Medical Assessment
What kind of referral information will I receive about a child available for adoption, and how do I assess it?
Ask AF: Building a Good Relationship with Your Pediatrician
How can I work with my child’s health care provider to make sure my child gets the best possible care?
Ask the Doctor: Asthma
Our child’s referral says he has asthma. How will this affect him? What can we do to optimize his care?
Nourishing Beyond Growth Charts
How to assess a newly adopted child’s nutritional status and get a malnourished child’s growth on track.
Ask AF: Insecure About a Sibling
We’re adopting a second child, and we worry that our daughter’s insecurity will lead her to compete with a new sibling. Any advice?
Ask AF: Adoption-Related Separation Anxiety?
My 3-year-old appears to have a higher level of separation anxiety than most children her age.
Your Child’s Speech and Language Development
What you need to know to assess your child’s speech and language skills, and how to get help if you suspect trouble.
Addressing Learning and Language Delays
Early assessment can make all the difference when a child has learning or language developmental delays.
“The Blank Spaces” – Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Effects
I am angry at the price my son has to pay for his birth mother’s decision to drink while pregnant — but I can’t be angry at her.
Healthy from Their Skin In
A dermatologist advises on caring for the skin and hair of a transracially adopted child.
Why You Need Your Child’s Medical History
A little information about your child’s medical history goes a long way for finding and preventing risks.
Ask AF: Changing a Birth Year
When we adopted our youngest daughter nine years ago, we were told that she was 18 months old. However, we have just learned that she is anywhere from two to three years older than we were told.