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Birth Parents – The Forgotten Voice of Adoption Series
To continue our series on the birth parent voice, we are sharing two articles — one written by a birth mother and the other by a birth father. These two birth parents placed their child domestically...
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Birth Parents — The Forgotten Voice of Adoption Series Part 3
This next part of our birth parent series will feature interviews with social workers in our overseas programs who have worked directly with birth mothers who have chosen to place their child for...
View ArticleBirth Parent — The Forgotten Voice of Adoption Series Part 4
We continue our series on the birth parent voice with the perspective of Vietnamese birth parents. Thoa Bui, Holt’s senior executive for programs in South & SE Asia, has been with Holt since 1998....
View ArticleThe Role of Adoptive Parents in Birth Search
Through the years, I have received a number of calls from adoptive parents asking for advice on how to handle conversations with their child about their birth parents. They ask if they can search on...
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Transitions for Parents of Teenagers
Advice for parents — and adoptive parents — as their children transition from children, to teenagers, to adults. The teen years can be difficult — not only for the teenager, but for the parents as...
View ArticleResources for Families During the Pandemic from NCAC
The North American Council on Adoptable Children has compiled a helpful lists of resources for families. Click on the link below for more information. “In this challenging time of anxiety about...
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When Love Isn’t Enough
Parenting is hard. Anyone who says otherwise is fooling themselves. It can be the most rewarding job you will ever have, and yet the most difficult. This is especially true for adoptive parents. I...
View ArticleBirth Mother -The Forgotten Voice of Adoption
She came to the agency much like any young woman in her predicament. She didn’t know what else to do. Her family was unable or unwilling to help. She informed her ex-boyfriend, but he wanted...
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Parenting with Fear
Sunday Silver, Holt’s Post Adoption Services Records and Information Administrator, shares thoughts on what to do when fear and insecurities interfere with one’s confidence as a parent. My daughter...
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