What to Expect #4: Developmental vs. Chronological age
By Our International Adoption Coordinator Megan Montgomery It is common for children who have been adopted (in particular at an older age and through International Adoption) to display a developmental […]...
What to Expect #2: Orphanage Care
By Our International Adoption Coordinator Megan Montgomery It is virtually impossible to offer a nurturing environment that meets the needs of each individual child within an orphanage. No orphanage can […]...
A Foster Family’s Story
Lynda is an Adoption STAR adoptive mom in the Western New York area. Currently she and her family are a foster family in the county they live in and are […]...
We All Can Play a Part in Preventing Child Maltreatment and Promoting Well-Being
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month....
From Bulgaria ~ Looking for a Forever Family
From our International Adoption Coordinator Megan Montgomery on a Bulgarian boy named Drake. Bulgaria has many children waiting to have that forever family, that connection of love, and we at […]...
The Waiting Game: Prospective Adoptive Parents
Most of this article about prospective adoptive parents was written by Adoption STAR staff members for a previous blog. Some of the content was edited to fit this post. What […]...
An Adoptee’s Journey: Christian’s Story
Since the Adoption STAR Blog started about one month ago, we have told many birth parent and adoptive parent stories. Today we will be telling the adoption story of an […]...