, about 5 million Americans have been adopted, and between 2% and 4% of Americans have adopted a child. This includes adopting children from another nation, adopting American children whose parents ...

Adopting a child isn’t an easy process. Parents who choose to adopt often have to go through a lot to bring that child home. And for kids who are adopted, especially kids old enough to be aware of ...

"Even to this day, my friends sometimes comment 'Your mom and dad love you so much Amy,'" writes graphic designer Amy Sheehan ...

Adopted people may face unique health challenges, including a higher likelihood of adverse childhood experiences, special healthcare needs, and prenatal exposure to harmful substances. Beyond ...

November is National Adoption Month, a time to honor the complexity of adoption and the voices of those who live it every day: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families. Throughout this month, ...

Dozens of foster youth have a place to call home after being adopted into new families in San Joaquin County, just in time for Thanksgiving. This includes single working-mother Alyssa Gutierrez and ...

Global adoptions to the US have become complex over the decades. As an adoptee herself, Maria Noble Valdez delves into the nuances of the adoption process for The World. The post International ...

Hannah and Blake Letzler have fostered about two dozen children in the past five years. When a half-brother and half-sister, Luke and Lilly, needed a family, they first fostered, then adopted them. It ...

I have written before about the lifelong impact of the names that we hang on newborn children. From their popularity in elementary school to their popularity on online dating sites as adults, a person ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – On National Adoption Day, 134 children across Massachusetts are being adopted, including 13 in Hampden County. Families in Hampden County are celebrating the adoption of their ...