Happy Fourth of July ~ July 4, 2017
Happy Fourth of July – July 4, 2017 from Friends In Adoption… Read More
Happy Mother’s Day ~ May 14, 2017
Happy Mother’s Day – May 14, 2017 from Friends In Adoption… Read More
AmazonSmile Brings a SMILE to FIA!
On #GivingTuesday, please make a donation to Friends in Adoption, or sign up with AmazonSmile & Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to Friends In Adoption whenever you shop on AmazonSmile!… Read More
Friends in Adoption stands with Planned Parenthood!
Friends In Adoption stands firmly with PLANNED PARENTHOOD and a woman’s right to privacy, access to healthcare and reproductive choice.… Read More
November 19th is National Adoption Day
Friends in Adoption focuses on “compassionate adoption” in which everyone’s needs are met.
Our future needs us
To All of our LGBTQ+ Families and to the LGBTQ families throughout the country, My heart breaks for our children. As parents we must remain strong and united. We must show our children through action that we will fight for their rights. We will show them by example how to live life in kindness and respect. (read more)… Read More
Honoring all Fathers
Friends in Adoption honors all fathers – birth, adoptive, and future dads – on this special day. Thank you to all the devoted, caring, loving, supportive, nurturing fathers, whether birth or adoptive. You are special! Friends in Adoption celebrates you!… Read More
Adoption Information|Adoption Quotes and Poems|Resources for Adoptive Families|Resources for Biological Families|Resources for Professionals
When is adoption “done right?”
When is adoption “done right?” Sometimes it is easier to think about the ways something can be “done wrong” in order to be sure we get it right. Any time adoption is not informed by respect and truth, or when it is not voluntary for a placing parent, it is done wrong. Any time adoption moves forward without regard for the (…)… Read More
Adoption Quote by Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini: “Adoption has the dimension of connection—not only to your own tribe, but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties and family. Click to read more…… Read More
Adoption Quote Jim Gritter
“We should not be asking who this child belongs to, but who belongs to this child.” – Jim Gritter… Read More
Quote for Waiting Adoptive Parents
“Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the fact that we want them a long time makes them all the more precious when they come.” — Joseph F. Smith… Read More
Are you Hoping to become a Parent Through Adoption?
The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys is offering a free and open to the public Family Building Expo. Stop by the Friends in Adoption table and say hello to Dawn and Nan! “Creating Your Child’s Story” Saturday, September 20, 2014, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Four Seasons Hotel, One Logan Square, Philadelphia Workshops by the leading national legal experts about adoption, foster care and family creation. Dawn Smith Pliner, Founding Director of Friends in Adoption will be speaking on Open … Read More
Five Reasons Why We Chose Open Adoption
- When she looks in the mirror, we want our daughter to know herself. It’s hard to face the world when you don’t know where your face came from.
- We didn’t want our daughter to have the cabbage patch mentality. The truth is, her life didn’t start the day we adopted …
2014 AAAA Conference Photos
Dawn and Nan recently attended the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (AAAA) Conference in New Orleans and networked with adoption attorneys and professionals all over the country. FIA appreciates working with many of our AAAA friends!… Read More
Robert Klose Adoption Quote
I realized at the start that whether a child is biological or adopted, one does not know all the ingredients in the package. That is what growth is all about. A child is the slowest flower in the world, opening petal by petal, revealing the developing personality within. -Robert Klose, Adoptive parent