Although the decision to give up a child is always heart-wrenching, it can be a "win-win" solution to two painful problems. Adoption is a legal process that gives adoptive parents rights and aresponsibilities and the adoptive child social, legal and emotional rights as a family member.
Putting a child up for adoption allows the child?s birth [...]
Tags: Adoption General Information · Orphans and Orphanages
How do you know if international adoption is for your family? Well, there is no perfect definition of someone who would be a good potential adoptive parent, but answering the questions will help clarify whether international child adoption is for you. It?s not for everyone.
If your reason for adopting a child, anywhere, is to rescue [...]
Tags: Adoption by Country · International Adoption
Years ago, children who were adopted had a lot of issues, most of them related to wanting to know their real parents. They grew up and had always this in their mind, to know the real parents. They checked the adoption register in their home town and could not find anything. The problem here was [...]
Tags: Adoption Agency · Adoption Announcement · Adoption Records
By Jen Christensen
Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2007 at 8:22 p.m.
Celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Madonna have highlighted the need for adopting children overseas, but they’re also making it look easy and somewhat glamorous. Many adoptions do end wonderfully, but the journey can be challenging.
Here’s what couples really go through when they are called to adopt.
Jami [...]
Tags: Ethiopia Adoption · Guatemala Adoption · International Adoption · Vietnam Adoption
Adoption is a step of faith. In our journey from childhood to adolescence to adulthood we encounter difficulties that reshape us every day. As we face each obstacle, we begin to truly understand God?s love for us. Most people considering becoming adoptive parents face challenges during the adoption process that can only be overcome [...]