Foster Care, Perspectives
During our training to become fost-adopt parents we heard a lot of grim stories… My husband and I completed our certification and prepared for the worst. We were fostering with the intent to adopt and and heard story after story of families caring for two, three...
Crowdfunding, Perspectives
Remember… You’re Not Alone “Feeling scared to ask people for money? Me too!” Most of the families I have talked with about starting their AdoptTogether crowd fundraising say, “I am nervous to ask people for money.” I felt the same way when we...
Birth Mothers, Perspectives
1. Be Present During the pre-placement process… I really enjoyed having the company of the adoptive parents. My parents lived in another state at the time and I had a 2 year old so I really appreciated their help as they would watch my son while I had counseling...
Adoption Professionals, International Adoption, Perspectives
After encountering various challenges with adopting through LA County, we decided that going through a private agency was a better choice for our family. We also knew that there were hundreds of agencies out there and were slightly overwhelmed by the process of...
Adoption Professionals, Perspectives
“I have a strong passion to see every child in a safe, loving, forever family, and I have a deep commitment to seeing safe, loving families prepared and equipped to welcome a child into their home. Having been on the agency side of the process, I have walked...
Domestic Adoption, International Adoption, Perspectives
1. Think of the waiting time before your child comes home as your preparation time. Once your child is home there’s going to be a whole new set of challenges and all of the trials you faced during the wait is helping you to be ready to be an even better parent...
Adoption Professionals, Perspectives
By Nicole Radtke When we started the adoption journey, we were confident about using our agency (Nightlight) for two main reasons. One of those being that we wanted to have a comprehensive experience. We wanted to be able to use the same agency for the home study, the...
Adopting, Perspectives, Post-Adoptive Care
1. For parents, happiness is a very high bar by Jennifer Senior The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming—it’s “a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic,” as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so...
Adopting, Crowdfunding, Perspectives
The Radtke Family was one of the first families to successfully fundraise using AdoptTogether. Check out their fundraising tips here to help get your crowdfunding campaign off to a great start! If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy: Testimonial: 5 Important...
About Us, Crowdfunding, Perspectives
I want to personally welcome you to AdoptTogether and wish you and your family the best of luck as you begin this incredible, life-changing journey of adoption! Whether it’s your first or fifth adoption, we’re grateful you’ve chosen to partner with AdoptTogether in...
Adopting, Domestic Adoption, Perspectives
Whenever I’m asked if anyone in my family is adopted my instinct is to say “no.” I don’t mean to lie, I just always forget my uncle is adopted. I swear, if I showed you a photo of our entire family today and told you to guess who was adopted, you would not pick him....
