Articles for Families
Want to know more about adoption? Here you can find articles designed to help families better understand adoption and foster care.
Teens Need Unconditional Commitment
How can we help teens in foster care? Adoption expert Pat O'Brien says, "Stick with them through thick and thin."
Youth Are Never Too Old to Be Adopted
"You are never too old to be adopted," said one young woman during an interview for a study on successful adolescent adoptions. (By Cynthia Flynn and Wendy Welch)
Adopting Teens: A Delayed Blessing
Although he still reserves some teenage skepticism of adults, since gaining a family Larnell's trust level has increased as much as his smile. (by Mary Martin Mason)
My Advice to Foster Parents
I joined my first foster family at age eight. Now that I am an adult, I'd like to share some things I wish my foster parents had known. (by Jackie Hammers-Crowell)
