Top 10 Things to Know as an Adoptive Parent

1) You are more prepared to be a parent after going through the adoption process than being pregnant 9 months! 2) All adoption agencies are pulling from the same pool of birth moms, no one agency has “better babies” than the next 3) Your child’s birth family...

Positive Adoption Language

DON’T SAY… DO SAY… your own child your birth/biological child your adopted child your child real/natural parent birth/biological parent child IS adopted child WAS adopted Illegitimate born to unmarried parents give up/put up/ surrender/release/ relinquish for adoption...