We are happy to inform you that Shannon Whalen, MSW has joined the Adoption STAR staff full time as of Monday, September 12. Shannon will work primari...
Adoption In The News: Sperm Donation Regulations
CBS News and the New York Times recently did an interesting report on sperm donations and the CBS News report asks “are lax U.S. sperm donation poli...
Pregnancy Health: Exercising During Your Pregnancy
Pregnancy and Exercise is the fifth and final part of a five-part blog series on pregnancy health. Visit the Adoption STAR website for more in-depth i...
When and How to Discuss Adoption with Children Already in the Home
This post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder, Michele Fried, and Adoption STAR Intake Specialist, Zack Fried. When: When to tell a child alr...
The Home Study Process
A Home study is a requirement for any family looking to grow their family through adoption. It is a document prepared by an agency social worker, whic...
Adoption Poetry: “To Parents of Adopted Children”
For the past few weeks we have been sharing adoption poetry. This poem is entitled “To Parents of Adopted Children” and it is written by D...
November is National Adoption Month
November is National Adoption Month and we are already planning a lot of great activities to celebrate adoption throughout the month. You may be sitti...
Adoption Documentary: Off and Running Screening
Adoption STAR, in conjunction with the Multi-Identity Committee at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, are proud to present a screening of t...
Adoption In The News: My painful path to parenthood
Many of you know actor Hugh Jackman as Wolverine from “X-Men” or from hosting the Tony’s, the guy can really sing can’t he? But in this articl...
Pregnancy Health: Dealing With Stretchmarks
Dealing with Stretch Marks is the fourth part in our five-part blog series on pregnancy health. Visit the Adoption STAR website for more in depth in...