This is the #1 thing you can do to decrease your adoption wait time as a hopeful adoptive family. Learn more about how opening your heart to an open adoption can benefit your child.
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Aug
2021
Adoption Planning Questionnaire (APQ) Decisions: Race
This is strongly affecting your adoption wait time as a hopeful adoptive family. Here are some eye-opening racial statistics about the babies placed for adoption through American Adoptions.
15
Jul
2021
Adoption Planning Questionnaire (APQ) Decisions: Health
Understanding medical history and the potential “medical risks” your adopted child could acquire, helps you make educated decisions when it comes to your APQ.
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Jun
2021
Our Father’s Day Photo Contest Winners!
Want to hear about upcoming photo contests and more? They’re announced here! Follow this blog, sign up for the American Adoptions newsletter, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
17
Jun
2021
3 ‘Risk Factors’ in Adoption That Aren’t Actually That Risky
You might be surprised to learn what does (and doesn’t) increase the likelihood of an adoption disruption. Here are three “risk factors” that waiting families fear, and the truth behind them, as well as a hard truth about emotional risk in adoption.
15
Jun
2021
Enough with the “Giving Baby Up for Adoption” Pranks
Adoption pranks are the quickest way to cause real harm for the sake of clickbait. And yet, they’re everywhere on YouTube and TikTok.
11
Jun
2021
How Alex and Matt Knew American Adoptions Was their Path to Parenthood
Alex and Matt adopted their son through American Adoptions in 2020. Now, adoptive mom Alex looks back on their adoption story and shares their experience with American Adoptions.
In early May …
4
Jun
2021
How to Enter Our Father’s Day Photo Contest 2021
Submissions for the Father’s Day Photo Contest are due by 5 p.m. CST on Thursday, June 10. Check out contest details here!
1
Jun
2021
Saying Goodbye at the Hospital [A Guide for Adoptive Parents]
Adoptive parents often find themselves unprepared for the intense and complex emotions of saying “goodbye” to their child’s birth mother at the hospital.
15
May
2021
Does Open Adoption Confuse Kids?
When birth and adoptive parents communicate through open adoption, it can be a great benefit for their lifelong relationship and emotional well-being. Open adoption is also important for adoptees — knowing their biological parents and maybe even biological siblings. Most kids are happier …