If you've heard the radio ads around Texas about modern adoption plans, you may be wondering: what has really changed about adoption-- and when, and how? It seems that the "modern adoption plan" pitch is an effort to rebrand adoption by repackaging the same benefits...
What is it about Texas adoption that seems so popular? Why are so many out-of-state couples trying to adopt babies in Texas? Are there that many more females planning adoptions here? What advantages to placing parents or adoptive parents in Texas keeping their...
March is Social Work Month, so what better time to express our thanks to all the hardworking social workers who help make adoption a possible option for parents in need? This month, those of us who work at Abrazo can't help but think of all the extraordinary social...
She already has six children she is raising as a single mom, but pregnant again, she's drawn the line at another, and when asked why, she replied "because adoption is better." Better than what, we asked? She looked around her cluttered two bedroom apartment, at her...
When you're thinking about adoption for your baby or you're considering giving up a child for adoption, it seems like everybody's got something to say, good or bad, but what's the truth about adoption? (And where do you find the truth, when it seems like the whole...
Dear Adoption Scammer, you apparently forgot that you'd met us before, when you came to talk with us this month about giving up a baby you're not really going to deliver in March? You didn't seem to recognize us, even though we already knew it was you. Yet the moment...
At least half of the birthparents whom Abrazo serves have opted for placing while parenting. If you're not sure what that means, you're not alone, because most people still assume that birthparents who place are young teenagers who couldn't possibly raise a child on...
For all the thousands of holiday travelers whose airline reservations get waylaid due to bad weather, the stakes could be no greater than it is for those whose adoption travel plans get complicated due to airline cancellations. Couples doing an open adoption typically...
Waiting to adopt is like having a pregnancy with no due date and few fringe benefits (except that you and your spouse can still enjoy adult beverages now and then, perhaps?) Ask any prospective adoptive parent what the worst parts of the adoption process are and...
The world is full of lost girls, but truly, she shouldn’t have been one of them... ? The Girl Who Loved Sunflowers She was bright and beautiful, with a mom and stepdad who always loved her, even though they didn’t stay together. She didn’t enjoy school particularly,...
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