Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: Two Moms, Two Roles
“Our daughter’s birth mother recently signed a card ‘from Mommy.’ It bothered me. Am I overreacting?”
Ask AF: When to Share Birth Family Information
How do we answer our young child’s questions about adoption, and her birth mother?
[Book Review] Bastards
In this memoir, Mary Anna King details her complex relationship with her mother, her siblings, and the grandparents who adopted her.
[Book Review] God and Jetfire
A beautiful, well-written, and heart-piercing memoir about what it means to be a birth mother.
[Book Review] You Belong
An elephant named Hope guides young children through adoption’s big questions in this delightful book.
Ask AF: Referring to the Birth Mother
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: A Truthful Explanation
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: When to Share Birth Parent Information
Answers to your parenting questions.
Deciding to Adopt: What About Birth Families?
“We cannot build healthy relationships with our children on secrecy and lies—and this includes lies of omission.”
Parent-to-Parent: The Hardest Part of the Adoption Process
Adoptive parents look back on the adoption process and share the hardest moments, from having to change routes to becoming parents overnight to seeing the birth mother say goodbye.
Ask AF: Navigating Disagreements with the Birth Family
Answers to your parenting questions.
“What No One Told Me”
When we first met our child’s birth mother, we didn’t know what to talk about and what not to talk about, what might upset her or what she may or may not want to know about her child’s future with us.
Webinar Replay – Creating Your Adoption Profile
View the replay of the “Creating Your Adoption Profile” webinar. An adoptee and adoption expert offers guidance on the most important elements of creating the profile your agency or attorney will share with expectant mothers considering adoption.
Ask AF: Differences in Openness
Answers to your parenting questions.
Explaining Troubling Birth Parent News
Tough topics can range from discontinued contact to a slip back into drug habits to unexpected medical problems.
Ask AF: When Only Negative Details Are Known
Answers to your parenting questions.
Summer Reading Special
AF’s 2011 picks for best adoption books.
Before the Adoption: Connecting With Expectant Mothers
What to share, what to discuss, what to look for, and what to expect when you start to look for an expectant mother.
Questions About Birth Siblings
Don’t be surprised if your child wants to know about his birth brothers and sisters. Such questions are healthy — and normal.