While it is common to think of physical health and mental health as separate, they are very much connected, although the connection has...

National Adoption Month is an initiative of the Children's Bureau that seeks to increase national awareness of adoption issues, bring...

Transitions are hard; there is no denying that, but they don't have to be miserable. Once the school year ends, routines and structure...

“I hate you!”, “I don’t have to listen to you!”, “Go to hell!”, “You’re not my mother/father!”, all of these may be common phrases for...

Ambiguous loss—a feeling of grief or distress combined with confusion about the lost person or relationship—is a normal aspect of...

Teens who have experienced adoption or foster care have faced a lot of change: healing from trauma, coping with major life transitions,...

Change is always met with resistance. If winters are hard for you and your family, you’re not alone. Understanding, creativity, and...

National Adoption Month is an initiative of the Children's Bureau that seeks to increase national awareness of adoption issues, bring...

Stress, apprehension, anxiety, and fear are familiar feelings for many of us involved in foster care and adoption. And our stress affects...

November is National Adoption Month! Read more about the history of National Adoption Day through this article by the Dave Thomas...

Between the ages of seven and twelve, many adopted children develop an increasing curiosity about their background and how they came to...

Helping a foster or adopted child stay in contact with members of his or her birth family can be time-consuming and sometimes emotionally...

What have I learned about parenting a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) over the past 22 years? I have learned that it...

Parenting children who have experienced trauma and who have had attachment interruptions drives families to embrace new, creative...

When we are parenting children with a history of trauma or—even more commonly—those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), stealing...

Transracial parents, service providers, educators, and others must lean into their personal discomfort and learn to have conversations...

For over two decades, National Adoption Month has been promoted and celebrated every November in communities across the country. Many...

Implementing racial and ethnic socialization with your transracially adopted children helps strengthen trust and attachment by showing...

Most Black children in the United States encounter racism in their daily lives. Ongoing individual and collective psychological or...

For children who have experienced separations, loss and trauma, the impact of this pandemic may include any or all emotions that everyone...