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The Difference Between Ethical Adoption and Child Trafficking

The Difference Between Ethical Adoption and Child Trafficking

Learn the difference between ethical adoption and child trafficking including consent transparency family preservation and child protection. ...more

Adoption Awareness

May 15, 20267 min read

What Happens When Adoptees Grow Up?

What Happens When Adoptees Grow Up?

Discover what happens when adoptees grow up and face identity struggles, loss, mental health challenges, and the search for belonging. Learn why adoption is a lifelong journey. ...more

Adoption Awareness

May 14, 20265 min read

The Emotional Impact of Adoption on Birth Mothers

The Emotional Impact of Adoption on Birth Mothers

Exploring the emotional impact of adoption on birth mothers and hidden grief ...more

Adoption Awareness

May 11, 20266 min read

Protecting Children Means Listening to Their Stories

Protecting Children Means Listening to Their Stories

Listening to children’s stories is key to real protection and better care ...more

Adoption Awareness

May 05, 20265 min read

Why Adoption Should Be the Last Option

Why Adoption Should Be the Last Option

Why adoption should be the last option and the importance of family preservation ...more

Adoption Awareness

May 04, 20265 min read

How the Adoption System Can Lose Sight of the Child

How the Adoption System Can Lose Sight of the Child

How adoption systems can shift focus away from the child and their true needs ...more

Adoption Awareness

April 28, 20264 min read

March 15,2025

Is There a Best Alternative to International Adoption?

Exploring community-based care, kinship programs, and family preservation as ethical alternatives to international adoption.

February 28,2025

How the Adoption System Can Lose Sight of the Child

When large sums of money and complex bureaucracies are involved, the child's best interest doesn't always stay at the center. A closer look at where things go wrong.

February 10,2025

Why Adoption Should Be the Last Option?

Families facing poverty need support not separation. When we invest in keeping families together, children thrive in ways that no alternative can replicate.

January 20,2025

Protecting Children Means Listening to Their Stories

The voices of adult adoptees are teaching us what it really means to grow up between two worlds and why their experiences should shape the future of child welfare.

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