While adoption is a deeply meaningful step for many people, it isn’t always a clean handover. Family-based adoptions in ...

An adoptive mother says she is reaching "breaking point" caring for her daughter who has "significant trauma", and has called for more support for adoptive families. The woman, who we are calling Anna ...

A former parenting blogger spoke to PEOPLE about her family's difficult decision to re-home their daughter with reactive attachment disorder Getty A mom of four spoke to PEOPLE about her family's ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Single people who want to foster or adopt a child for a wide variety of reasons, but there might be some misconceptions about their resources and capabilities as caregivers In fact, single people have ...

My husband and I went into parenting thinking we’d like to have three or four kids. My first pregnancy had some serious complications at the end, but my doctors agreed that a second pregnancy was ...

Mere weeks after the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex adoption, the battle over two-parent adoptions is heating up in Michigan as advocates for youth in the foster care system say ...

"Each state has its own adoption cases and statutes. No two states are the same. Presently, approximately 24 states and D.C. allow same-sex couples to both be equal parents of the same child. In some ...

Recently passed HB51 does a lot to protect a vulnerable situation from financial pressure. Some additional policy steps can ...

The decision to adopt marks the beginning of an extraordinary journey—one filled with anticipation, hope, and the promise of unconditional love. For thousands of families each year, adoption creates ...

SAN ANTONIO — The 'PAT' program, 'PAT' stands for 'Parents As Teachers', and what that is an in-home evidence-based program that partners with families to help them be the best parent for their child, ...