http://www.iparenting.com/ Latest articles from preconception to the teenage years. http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/2917.php St. Patrick's Day is the Irish holiday honoring the missionary Saint Patrick, who is credited with converting the Irish to Christianity around 400 AD. Though this is a very important thing, it is not what most people think of when someone mentions St... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:07:20 -0400 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/4409.php The arrival of a child changes everything, and at no time are those changes more apparent than during the holiday season. The shopping is a bit more complicated, but the gifts are more meaningful. Trips to see family are more inconvenient, but there is more incentive to take them... Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:22:35 -0400 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/1430.php I suspected it would be difficult for us to think about hosting another exchange student again, so prior to Daniel's departure, I booked us through the summer with short-term summer students. Knowing he wouldn't be overly thrilled, I waited about a week before breaking this piece of news to Carl... Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:35:32 -0500 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/4772.php Adopting a child, especially via an international adoption, is not a decision made lightly. After all, adoption is costly in both time and money. Yet potential parents are often unprepared for the important parts of the process, starting at the very beginning with the selection of the agency... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:13:59 -0500 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/4886.php Having your own biological child is so important in our society that many people don't understand a couple's decision to adopt after they've had their own children. People can appreciate and even applaud adopting after unsuccessful fertility treatments, but after giving birth to your own baby? Not so much... Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:15:39 -0500 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/1469.php "You don't realize how much money you can save until you have to save it," says Colette Steele of Gilbert, Ariz. She and her husband are raising $60,000 to bring home three children they're adopting from Russia. The Steeles, parents of five biological children (ages 6 months, 3, 8, 9 and 11), learned about their new children "by accident," when a friend told them about Family Hope, a program sponsored by International Family Services that brings Russian orphans to the United States for a three-week cultural and host-family experience... Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:40:39 -0500 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/2298.php Katherine Hutzel of St. Louis, Mo., was holding her infant son in her arms in about nine months � the same amount of time it would have taken if she'd had a biological child. She admits she was surprised because she's heard so many tales of adoptive parents waiting for years... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:25:23 -0500 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/2324.php After adopting a long-awaited child, Karen Foli and her husband, John Thompson, were shocked to discover that it was not always the joyous event that they had imagined. Their new daughter, adopted from India, had been raised for her first five months in an environment where she got little attention... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:02:04 -0500 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/2297.php November is National Adoption Awareness month. According to the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC), "The primary purpose of Adoption Month is to raise awareness about adoption, adoptive families and children who need adoptive homes... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:52:02 -0500 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/777.php Why should kids have all the fun on Halloween? Whip up your own petrifying party � for the adults. Take one haunted house, add ghoulish guests and stir in the following ingredients to yield hours of eerie enjoyment. Diabolical Decor Halloween is all about atmosphere, so dim the lights or use black or red bulbs to set the scene... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:26:41 -0400 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/2286.php Birth mothers, those that placed their children for adoption, come in a variety of shapes, sizes and situations. They come from all racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, and there are many different factors that contribute to the decision of placing their child... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:04:16 -0400 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/4455.php "Bring money that is unwrinkled and unmarked," says Sam Wojnilower. "No folds and new bills." You'll need to get in touch with the bank in advance, he adds, to ensure the thousands of dollars will be available when you go to pick it up. No, this is not for some sinister plot or FBI operation, but money you'll need to cover the fees for an international adoption... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:26:03 -0400 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/4801.php Nobody grows up dreaming of the baby they'll adopt. That's what Jeff and Beth Raymond of Baltimore, Md., were told by a social worker in a prospective parent class. "Adoption is always 'option B,'" says Jeff Raymond. "As we went down the path of trying to get pregnant, we kept adoption in the back of our mind... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:07:55 -0400 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/4330.php Ellie Valdez-Honeyman and her husband, Mike, are old pros at parenthood, having adopted five children since the '70s to join their two birth children. For various reasons, the first three adoptions were closed. "The parents of our two youngest daughters wanted open adoptions," says Valdez-Honeyman of Arvada, Colo... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:03:28 -0400 http://www.iparentingadoption.com/articles/4249.php David and Maureen Brown from Edina, Minn., made a decision to adopt�but wondered, now what? How should they start the procedure? They began by interviewing four to five adoption agencies. Or, as Maureen puts it, "We interviewed them first; they interviewed us second... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:03:26 -0400