Instant Family premieres this weekend amidst a flurry of conversations in the adoption and foster care community. The movie is based on the true story of a couple, played by Mark Wahlberg and Rose
Adoption is What Made Us a Family
8-year-old Jonah and 11-year-old Isaac look forward to attending Adoption Day Camp one week every summer. They canoe, swim and play games to develop team-building skills. They and their fellow
Why Adopt?
Why did we choose to adopt? This was a question we got A LOT when we started telling people we were in the process of adopting a child. The question that usually immediately followed, both said and
A Very Foster Christmas and an Adoptive New Year
Joyful Noize Productions is putting together a show celebrating the foster/adoption community and YOU are the stars. They have an open call for story tellers who want to share their first-person
$1500 Adoption Grant Available for Home Study Approved Families
Adoption is Love Fund is still accepting applications for their grant. The $1,500 grant was created by an adoptive family hoping to help prospective adoptive parents with adoption expenses. Grants are
Meet an Independent and Social 17 Year Old
Meet Thelma, an independent teen who turned 17 this August! Thelma is a very social person and loves meeting new people. Her dry and sarcastic sense of humor can make anyone laugh! Nights of hanging
Tips for Blending Foster, Biological & Adopted Children
This content was originally published by Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit. Blending a foster child with children already in the home is one of the
Parenting the Easily Frustrated, Inflexible Child
This content was originally published by Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit. Regardless whether our kids come to us through adoption or birth or foster
Meet a 2 Year Old Who Loves Children’s Songs
$10,000 grant available for adoptive families SO will turn 2 years old next month and now has eight teeth on the top and nine teeth on the bottom. This little boy has a cheerful and positive
Family Voices | Connecting Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs
1 in 5 families has a child with special health care needs We just met with the Minnesota chapter of Family Voices, a national nonprofit that supports families with children that live with a chronic
