Most of you remember learning skills for successful fostering and adopting during your foster parent training. These are invaluable skills that will help you to be better foster and adoptiv... [more]

Successful Parenting Traits

All parenting is challenging. Adoptive parenting, however, adds additional challenges. I'm an adoptive parent, founder of a support group, writer, therapeutic tutor, and manager of a ... [more]

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Doctors know more. Therapists know more. Teachers know more. In many situations, parents are thought to know less than the "specialists." Not only is it frustrating and humiliating... [more]

Parenting Support Forums

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Whether you are an older parent, adoptive parent, first-time parent, or all of the above, one fact remains - you are now responsible for the life of a child. It doesn't matter if the child y... [more]

Maintain Control in Parenting

Some of our older adopted children come to us with very strong wills. They may be defiant, or manipulative. They may try and surround themselves with chaos and turmoil. They may be too scar... [more]

Importance of Parental Consistency

Consistency , n . steadfast adherence to the same principles; agreement or harmony among the parts of a complex thing All parenting books talk about how consistency is critical. Exampl... [more]

Becoming a Foster Parent

There are two very unfortunate misperceptions about foster parenting: One is that it is somehow inferior to adoption, and the other is that there is only one kind of meaningful foster care:... [more]

Choosing to Parent

One option open to you is parenting your baby -by yourself, with the father, or with other help. Even with the support of friends and family members, this can be an overwhelming job. Talk t... [more]

AdoptiveParents.com

Welcome to AdoptiveParents.com. PRE-ADOPTION If you are considering adoption or in the process of adopting and are looking for guidance, information, resources, and support along your ... [more]

Adoption Books: Parents' Stories

My favorite books by adoptive parents are those that combine the facts and emotion of the experience with practical information and humor. The extremes of dry narratives and heavy doses of ... [more]

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