Matt Hunter, of Spectrum News spent time with Friends in Adoption to help spread the word about National Adoption Awareness. Matt Hunter, reporter with Spectrum News, spent an afternoon interviewing Friends in Adoption alumni Colby and Tifanie and Ron and Katharine, about their experiences with being new parents. Matt also spoke with Patty Smith, Friends in Adoption’s… Read More
Friends in Adoption provides support services to pregnant individuals/expectant couples. November is National Adoption Month and, as we do every month, we honor all of those that are part of the adoption triad: the biological family, the adoptive family and the child. It is a time to reflect on adoption and the myriad of reasons… Read More
Friends in Adoption Staff Shares Thoughts on Re-Homing Children Those who follow adoption news may have read the recent Reuters Investigative Report that exposes the topic of “re-homing” children who were adopted from other countries. The report focuses on a population of unprepared adoptive parents who have sought to place their adopted children in other U.S. homes… Read More
Originally published by The Guardian Express, 03/21/13. Click HERE to read the original article. There are many children around the United States in need of loving homes, many of whom will spend their lives in foster homes till their eighteenth birthday. However, there are also many lesbian and gay couples and singles who are able… Read More
Written By Rachel Garlinghouse Originally posted at mybrownbaby.com African Americans have every reason to be suspicious of white people adopting black babies. From slavery to unethical medical experimentation to Jim Crow laws and more, history demonstrates that white people haven’t always been very kind to people of color, to say the least. As an English… Read More