Adoption is an amazing way to bring a child into your family. Not only does it provide you with a child, but it provides the child with a forever family that loves them no matter what. Millions of children worldwide are searching for forever families. You have made a great decision by choosing to adopt internationally. In the United Kingdom, there is a procedure that you must follow in order to adopt a child. But first, you need to decide on which country you want to adopt from. Then, you must find out if the country is a Hague Convention

Adoption is a beautiful thing, yet it can also be hard. For a child, sometimes adoption is the best option, but for the biological family, it is one of the hardest decisions that you will have to face. As a birth parent, you know you are making the best decision for your child, but you will always wonder if you will ever see your child again. With the advance of technology, we now have the ability to stay in contact with people. Through technology, we can help reunite families separated by adoption. Reunification is accomplished through reunion registries. If you

I don’t know what I would have done without my online support system when I first adopted my children. The experience of being in a foreign country with three new children whose language I couldn’t understand could only really be understood by a certain subdivision of the adoption community. It certainly was not appreciated among friends and family who had no experience raising children who had been victims of trauma or neglect. Yet, the assurances of people who had been “in the trenches” and attested that their children had made quantum jumps since those frenzied first few months were some

Adopting in the United Kingdom (which comprises England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) is quite different from adopting in the United States. The three main differences relate to agency type, timeline, and cost. The Adoption Process: U.K. Versus U.S. Private Versus Public Adoption Agencies In the United States, private adoption agencies are prevalent (although you can also adopt through public agencies that are operated by the state). However, the use of private agencies is not even an option in the United Kingdom, where adoptions are always facilitated by either a local agency (click here to find the agency affiliated with

The adoption support fund was started by the Department of Education who appointed Mott MacDonald to implement it together with Core Assets and the British Association for Adoption and Fostering. The purpose is to help pay for therapies for children who have been adopted when they need it. The fund was established because it became evident that many families couldn’t afford the services to help children successfully transition into adoptive homes. The ASF helps adoptive families provide support they otherwise couldn’t provide on their own by assisting in providing children with a range of therapeutic services that are identified to

If you are a United States citizen seeking to adopt, you may have looked into adopting a child from the United Kingdom. Adoption is not an easy process whether it is right here in the United States or overseas. The United Kingdom is no different. It is not easy to adopt a child from the United Kingdom, but it is possible. Here are some tips for you to keep in mind as you embark on the process of adoption in the UK. The United Kingdom is a Hague Convention country meaning that any child placed for adoption is limited to

Making the choice to adopt is one of the biggest decisions my husband and I had faced in our relationship; when we felt like our lives were empty and we wanted more, the choice to adopt was the right one. Little did I know that making that first decision was going to be one of the easier ones we would have to make in regards to making our dream a reality. The UK adoption process requires you to start out by finding the right adoption agency. As we started our process, we decided on the things that were important to

You may have suffered pregnancy loss or experienced infertility. Or maybe you’re single but still want to become a parent. Perhaps you’re a gay couple who longs for a child. Whatever your life situation, you’ve decided that adopting is the best way to build your family—and you’re excited to get started. But before you dive in, there are some important things you should know. 1) You will complete a lot of paperwork. Be prepared to provide details about your background, family, employment and finances. You’ll also need to write an autobiography about your childhood, parenting style and beliefs as well

If you are adopted, you may start to wonder how you can locate your birth parents. There are many reasons why you are thinking about trying to locates your birth parents. I am here to try to guide you in the right direction. Here are some steps you can take to help this process. Now, it is important to know there is a chance you may not locate them. In my youngest son’s case, his biological mother did not know who the biological father was because at the time she was a prostitute, so there is no biological father listed

I’m blind! Well, not quite. I’ve worn glasses since the 4th grade and contact lenses since the 7th grade. Needless to say, you don’t want to encounter me if I were ever to drive along the road without my corrective lenses! There is a big difference between when I am wearing my corrective lenses and when I am not. The different perspective is like night and day. Sometimes foster parenting is like that. If you want to be the best foster parent ever, you need a different perspective. A new set of lenses to interpret the world around you. The