The Process – Adoptive Families https://www.adoptivefamilies.com The resource and community for adoption parenting. Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:33:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Ask AF: How to Cope with the Disappointment of Not Being Chosen by an Expectant Mother https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/how-to-cope-disappointment-not-being-chosen-prospective-birth-mother-match/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:45:04 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40353 Parents Share: The “Match Meeting” with an Expectant Mother https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/parents-share-advice-match-meeting-expectant-mother/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:05:34 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40169 Ask AF: Advice for Our “Ice Breaker” Meeting with a 10-Year-Old Boy? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/foster-adoption-seeking-advice-ice-breaker-meeting-10-year-old-boy/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:46:04 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39887 Parents Share: Our Last-Minute “Stork Drop” Adoption https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/domestic-stork-drop-adoption-last-minute-instant-placement-after-birth/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:45:34 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39896 “The Advice I Wish I’d Gotten While Waiting to Adopt” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/advice-i-wish-id-gotten-while-waiting-to-adopt-domestically/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/advice-i-wish-id-gotten-while-waiting-to-adopt-domestically/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:44:49 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39923 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/advice-i-wish-id-gotten-while-waiting-to-adopt-domestically/feed/ 1 Ask AF: Feeling Depressed When Friends Announce They’re Pregnant https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/surviving-the-wait/feeling-depressed-about-infertility-when-friends-announce-pregnancies/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:40:02 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39706 Parents Share: Deciding What Age Child to Adopt https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/how-to-adopt/decisions-what-age-newborn-toddler-older-child-adoption/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:34:59 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39601 From Only Child to Oldest https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/preparing-for-a-new-sibling/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:30:27 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=5624 “For Their Children” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/adoption-social-worker-mom/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:30:31 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=5854 The Story Behind the Cover Photo: “The Words I’ll Never Forget” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/foster-adoption-family-story-behind-august-2018-cover-photo/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:38:22 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39258