Tell someone you're "grateful for adoption" and you're bound to get some widely-varying reactions. (But believe it or not, that IS a good thing! Read on to learn why...) Blessing #1: Adoption isn't how it used to be. American society used to view nearly all adoptions...
Adoption appropriation is rearing it’s ugly head again— but what does this mean, and why is it a problem? In short, appropriating adoption means falsely claiming adoption for some personal benefit. The problem is that such deception always runs counter to the actual...
Here in the Lone Star State, expectant moms considering adoption need a Texas Birth Mothers Guide just to help them through the maze of options and regulations. When it comes to adoptions here, though, mothers planning to place just won't find better advice than...
One principle Abrazo holds sacred is an adoptee's right to know the truth of their origins (including the birthparents who are part of it.) This is why every placement we do includes an entrustment agreement. In it, the adopting parents promise to raise the child...
Any adoption done right is a process that transforms lives. An adoption done right never cuts corners, and it's more than a mere transfer of custody rights. Much as folks want to find a way to make adoption easy, anything as life-changing as an adoption decision just...
At Abrazo, every Texas adoption centers around children's needs, first and foremost. The process starts when a parent-to-be contacts our agency for help, of course. That may be a person with a crisis pregnancy or a child they feel unable to parent. Or it may be a...
Anyone dealing with an unexpected baby is somebody in crisis, who deserves some kindness. It's easy for others to criticize females with surprise pregnancies. "How didn't she know she was pregnant?" people ask. Yet the reality is that there are plenty of babies born...
Whatever fears folks have about open adoption, in truth-- lost birthmothers can become a much greater problem for adoptees and the parents that love them both. In an open adoption, the child being adopted has the benefit of growing up with firsthand information about...
Everyone knows that using drugs during pregnancy is not a good thing. So why does it happen, and what can be done to help drug-addicted moms and their babies? For Absidi (name has been changed), drugs were a family tradition. Her dad was in prison for dealing, and her...
There's a right way to do adoption, and there's the wrong way to do adoption. And how you go about it matters, because the impact it will have on any child involved can be lifelong-- for good or bad. The Right Way to do Adoption The right way to do adoption is not the...
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