Adopting from foster care

If you want to get a realistic picture of what it's like to be a foster parent, the best thing to do is talk with the folks who are living it.

10 things not to say to your adopted children is great advice from an adoptee perspective. Be sure to check this out!!

Have questions about adoption from foster care? Here are some of the answers including waiting children lists and past issues with potential parents.

Think you could be the right family for an older child adoption? First, here are 10 things you need to know about adopting an older child.

This is a post I originally wrote in April 2013. Many of you are new here, so I thought I would bring back some of the basics in the following weeks. Hope you enjoy. ************* In Chris Cleave’s…

I adopted three older children and I've learned a few things along the way. Here are five things to remember when adopting an older child.

Welcome back for the second installment of my series about preparing for an older child adoption from foster care! Steve and I have been doing little things here and there for our kids' rooms since we began our homestudy. We knew we wanted to adopt a sibling group, so we began preparing both of our guest bedrooms to accommodate up to two children each. Now that we know the specific children that will be moving in, we are making more specific changes. We went in with a strategy of keeping…

What a Mom Who Adopted from Foster Care Wants You to Know - Creating a Family | Creating a Family

Jessica Bee was a foster parent for more than two and a half years before the adoption of her two children was finalized last month. In this post, Bee corrects […]

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