On Wednesday, May 15th, Adoption STAR is sponsoring a workshop entitled “Telling Your Child Their Birth Story and Other How To’s.” The workshop ...
STUCK
Adoption STAR Supports STUCK, an award-winning documentary film (produced by Both Ends Burning) that uncovers the real-life stories of children and pa...
We All Can Play a Part in Preventing Child Maltreatment and Promoting Well-Being
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month....
Life in a Multicultural Family
Guest blogger, Jennifer Nichol, shares her thoughts on life in a multicultural family. We are in the middle of packing up for our Harambee Camp, which...
Lifebooks: Tell Your Child’s Adoption Story
Sue Reardon shares the how to’s of telling your child’s adoption story. Being adopted often comes with a number of unanswered questions. A...
Benefits of Babywearing
What is Babywearing? Babywearing is exactly as it sounds, wearing your baby on your body. Though it may seem like today’s latest trend, the concept ...
5 Myths About Foster Care
Myth: I have to be married to be a foster parent. False. Single people can be foster parents! Myth: I have to be a stay at home parent to be […...
Bonding and Adoptive Parenthood
CEO and Founder of Adoption STAR, Michele Fried discusses bonding with your adopted child and shares pictures of bonding time in her family. [jj-ngg-j...
Second Chances
Trudy Cusella – writer and nurse (and Lesa Ferguson’s mother) – writes about her bi-racial adoption experiences first as a teen and ...
The Baby Blues: Expecting the Unexpected
Sue Reardon explores a common but as of yet undiagnosed condition that many newly adoptive parents face called PAD – Post Adoption Depression Yo...