Adopting an older child comes with many benefits, but there are also many challenges. If you’re considering adoption at this stage, there are several things you should think about before adopting a waiting tween or teen. For example: Commit To The Child How much time can you commit to the child? When the waiting child [...]
The adoption process is more than just the legal process of transferring guardianship from the birth parents to the adoptive parents. It is the creation or expansion of a family. Traditional definitions of a family almost always include just the birth parents. Today, that definition has expanded to include adoptive parents, creating an adoption triad. [...]
It is common for tweens and teens to sometimes suffer from an identity crisis, which may trigger adoptees to want to learn even more about their biological roots. Here’s some ideas on how you can help them through this difficult time as they discover the special person they truly are becoming. Talk Openly About Everything [...]
Lori and Dan are no strangers to the beauty of open adoption, but things didn’t start off that way. “I never imagined in a million years that things would be this way, but now I can see how happy this little boy makes so many people,” Lori explained. Rewind a couple of years to when [...]
The following blog post will be told from the point of view of one of Adoption From The Heart’s amazing adoptive parents, Matthew. He opened up and shared his experiences from start to finish in hopes to help other families experiencing the same obstacles. Beginning the Open Adoption Process Our journey has just begun-although we [...]
Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, organized the first Father's Day celebration on June 19, 1909 - her own father's birthday. The day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972. Today, Father’s Day is a celebrated all over the world on the third Sunday every June. (USA.gov) Originally the household provider, [...]
Seven families set out on an adoption journey together, faced some unexpected challenges, and rose above the odds by creating a new family not only with their adopted daughters, but also with one another. The Beginning of Something Special It was an unsettling time. The Iraq war, the Gulf war and SARS were raging across [...]
Adoptions From the Heart has four regional offices located in Pennsylvania: Greensburg (near Pittsburgh), Allentown, Lancaster, and Wynnewood. Wynnewood is a Philadelphia suburb located less than 10 miles from the heart of downtown. In previous posts we’ve shared our top family activities in each city with an Adoptions From the Heart office and today we [...]
Since 1985, Adoptions From The Heart has been helping prospective and expecting parents build beautiful families in the Philadelphia area. Based in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, only thirty minutes from Center City, our adoption professionals have placed thousands of infants and toddlers in loving homes over the last thirty years. Adoption Agency Serving Philadelphia We are counselors [...]
If you’re thinking about adoption, understanding the process is one of the most effective things you can do to prepare yourself for the journey. In a previous post we shared tips about creating your adoption profile including common mistakes to avoid and advice on photography and word choice. Another important part of the adoption process [...]
