If your child is prone to overeating or hoarding food, help her move past her food insecurity with these tips.
View the Sound Sleep Strategies Webinar Replay
View the replay of a webinar with adoption medicine specialist Sarah Springer, M.D., FAAP, to learn why sleep problems are common in children after adoption, and get her advice and solutions.
“I Just Don’t Fit In”
Tween adoptees may walk away from their cultural heritage, family outings, and even their family as they try to fit in with peers.
African-American Health Concerns: Sickle Cell Anemia
Our child is African-American. What should we know about sickle cell anemia?
Real Parents Provide Discipline
Setting limits can be tough for parents–but it’s important to discipline our children anyway.
Can My Child Handle Sleep Away Camp?
Parents wonder if preteens will experience separation anxiety at sleep away camp. Learn how to tell if yours is ready, and then ease the transition.
When Kids Worry About Being Perfect
We want our children to do well—but we also want them to enjoy being kids. How do we help them strike a balance?
Dealing with Adoptee Fears of Loss
Do adoptees who’ve already experienced the loss of birth parents worry more than other kids about their parents dying?
Giardia and H. Pylori
If your child is experiencing stomach pain after adoption, act quickly to get them the care they need.
“Emotional Armor”
I’d like to shield her from life’s unhappiness, but my daughter’s spirit needs to lead her.
Helping Your Child Sleep
Last month we asked: Have you discovered ways to make bedtime easier or to help your child sleep through the night?
“The Decision to Adopt a Child with Prenatal Drug Exposure”
Typically, I would have spent weeks — if not months — gathering information and exhausting every possible scenario. But there wasn’t time for analyzing. My son needed me.
“Finding Her Voice After Eight Years Without a First Language”
Since adopting a deaf older child from China, it’s been my privilege to become her interpreter, her voice, her audience, and her mom.
What Parents Need to Know About Puberty and Adoption
Is it true that girls adopted at a later age may begin puberty early? Our daughter was six when she arrived. What should we watch for in the years to come?
“My Son Who Refused to Give Up”
A doctor predicted our son, who has spina bifida, would never walk. But Mark has shown us what perseverance — and a keen passion — can do.
The Role of Genes on Personality
It’s easy to associate your child’s soaring height or freckles with a birth parent, but what about his straight A’s in science or his rosy outlook on life?
When You Adopt a Baby: An Overview of Developmental Stages
A look at what to expect at different developmental stages of babyhood—and what each stage means for adoptive parents.
Adoption in the Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
With this jocular yet telling treatise on adoption in the movies, journalist Susan Avery offers some reviews of popular films to help you decide what’s right for your family.
“Someone to Watch Over Me”
A Russian toddler flourishes despite a babyhood in an orphanage abroad.
[Book Review] Adoption and Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure
If I adopt a baby whose mother may have been using drugs or alcohol during the pregnancy, what issues might I expect for my child? Are there any differences if the infant has been exposed to alcohol versus drugs or both?