Single people who want to foster or adopt a child for a wide variety of reasons, but there might be some misconceptions about their resources and capabilities as caregivers In fact, single people have ...

When LGBTQ+ people tell me they want to adopt, I always start with the same response: “Tell me what you mean by that.” Not to challenge them, but to make it clear that adoption isn’t one path. There ...

Becoming a parent is a big decision, and making the decision to not parent is even larger. Rarely are adoptive parents aware that their efforts to become parents end up colluding with systems whose ...

Before bringing home daughter Autumn as a newborn in October 2014, adoptive mom Jessica had no clue about black hair care. She’s not alone: The rise of transracial parenting, meaning a child of one ...

Our culture loves to celebrate adoption stories - and a lot of state governments put millions into promoting it. But adoptees and birth parents are opening up online about "coming out of the fog" - a ...

A former parenting blogger spoke to PEOPLE about her family's difficult decision to re-home their daughter with reactive attachment disorder Getty A mom of four spoke to PEOPLE about her family's ...

When you adopt a child, you have to learn the rules, study the laws, take note of the current events that could impact your adoption. I wanted to find out what issues were at the forefront for gay and ...

I never understood adoption jokes growing up. As an adoptee, I could not grasp what was wrong with being adopted. To me, being adopted meant that I had a loving family who wanted me and loved me just ...