Questions about parenting adopted children and about becoming an adoptive parent
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Giving the baby away in New Jersey?
I am a pregnant woman: if my baby is proven mentally retarded, what's the procedure I should take to give my baby away to the state foster care? Do I have to pay the state child support if I give my ...
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What steps should be taken to prepare for and smoothly complete the home study process of adoptions?
As a part of becoming adoptive parents, a home study needs to be done for the family.
What can be done to prepare all parties involved in the family (parents, siblings, etc) to smoothly get through ...
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What should we be considering when adopting a sibling for our 4-year-old son?
I have been wanting to adopt a child for some time now, and my wife and I are now trying to arrange things in our life to make it possible, such as trying to get out of debt so we can afford it and ...
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How can we prepare our child for the arrival of adopted siblings?
We are going through the process preparing to become adoptive parents. We have an 8-year-old biological child already. What are some things things we can do to help him be prepared,
A) for no longer ...
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How can a much older brother gain recognition for being a de-facto father?
I'm 26 years old and live with my mother who is a single mother. She adopted two children as newborns who are now 5 years old. My mom has recently started working outside the home so now I even get ...
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What are the pros and cons of adopted children taking their adoptive parents' name?
We are in the final stages of adopting kids ranging from ages 7-12. The question has come up a time or two about last names, namely if they should keep their last names, or if we should give them ...
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How should a child respond to peers who ask about their adoption?
Our child has always known they are free to ask about the circumstances of their adoption and we have always given open, honest, age-appropriate answers.
However, this "free to talk" attitude may not ...
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How should I handle my foster son saying he's not my 'real' kid?
I have a foster son, who today loudly and quite seriously proclaimed that he's not my real kid. He's lived with us for over a year, and we are most likely going to adopt him, having started the ...
