Are you an adoptive parent? If so, now you can share your adoptive parenting experience with the rest of us. Submit your own stories and parenting advice and have it posted for others to read. It's simple, just fill out the forms and click preview to see how your advice looks, then click the submit button.
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My Interest in Becoming an Adoptive Parent Began When...
Submit your response to this question and share how you became interested in becoming an adoptive parent.
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How Did You Choose Your Adoption Agency? Would You Do Anything Different?
An adoption agency is helping you fulfill probably one of your biggest dreams, adding to your family. So, you must trust your adoption agency to help you along the way, there are many legal and financial hurdles, not to mention the adoption paperwork. How did you choose your adoption agency? What did you look for in an adoption agency?
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How Did You Prepare for Parenting Before Your Child Arrived?
Once you made the decision to adopt, how did you prepare to parent your new child? A very big question to consider even if you have parenting experience.
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Share Your Ideas on Saving or Raising Money to Afford the Cost of Adoption
It seems like adoptive families are pretty creative when it comes to figuring out how to plan, save, scrimp, fund raise and borrow to afford the cost of an adoption. Please share what has worked or is working for your family as you save and get down right creative in order to cover adoption costs.
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What Parenting Skills Have You Found Helpful as an Adoptive Parent?
Once your child has entered your home, the parenting begins. So, what parenting skills are in your bag of tricks? What classes have you taken or books you've read that has really opened your eyes to your child's needs?
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How Have You Created a Connection with Your Adopted Child?
Creating a connection with your child is part of parenting. Sometimes, it just doesn't happen naturally and we may need some ideas from other adoptive parents.
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How Do You Make Your Child's Birth Culture a Part of Everyday Life?
Sometimes it's the little things like observing a holiday. It may even be the big moments like a trip back to their birth country. Whatever it is, share with our community how you helped a child keep their birth culture a part of everyday life.
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Favorite Lifebook Tips
One way to help a child maintain their culture and history is through a lifebook. Share ideas of what you include in your child's lifebook.
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Adoption Stories - When We Became a Forever Family
If you have created your own forever family, we'd love to read your adoption story.
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How We Celebrate Our Adoption Day
Whether it's the National Adoption Day in November, or your child's special adoption day, share how you put together a special party or acknowledged when your child joined your family.
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