Adoption / Foster Care Movies & TV

Some adoptive parents feel that the adoption storyline on Glee is inappropriate. I disagree, find a listing of positive effects of adoption plot on Glee.

Everywhere you looked in 2011, it seemed like your favorite television show had an adoption storyline somewhere in the mix.

ABC offers new adoption reunion show, "Find My Family." Surprisingly I think ABC did a pretty good job with the adoption reunion and handled it well. Watch for future episodes of "Find My Family."

MTV True Life series explores adoption and follows two young women as they decide whether to parent or place their infants for adoption. Are there lessons that can be learned from an episode on MTV? I think there are.

Oscar nominated movie "Juno" deals with adoption issues and teen pregnancy. Juno offers a wonderfully funny and touching storyline about the topical issue of teen pregnancy and the choices that unwed mothers face.

Arthur and his friends have been learning and growing together for 10 years and are back with brand new shows on PBS KIDS GO!. Arthur and his friends will be tackling new subjects including adoption. The Barnes family is adopting a baby girl from China. I am highly impressed with how adoption is handled on ARTHUR, the Emmy-Award winning children's program.

A review of "dmc: my adoption journey" which aired on February 25, 2006 on VH1. A short documentary of DMC's quest to find his birth mother.

Trivia about which past and present Oscar winners have an adoption connection.

"I Am Sam" is a wonderful movie for any foster family to see. It gives an excellent example of two families working together for the good of a child.

Disney's movie, "Snow Dogs" has an adoption theme.

FOX has a new series out called "Who's Your Daddy?" where adoptees try to guess which man out of eight is his/her birth father.

Looking for a Christmas movie with an adoption theme? Here are a few movies that will meet your needs.