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Tips for Sending Picture Updates to the Birth Family

In our previous blog, we gave a few tips for writing updates to your child’s birth family. While these letters are wonderful for birth parents to receive, it is also important to send picture updates as often as possible! After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. At A Is 4 Adoption, we are…

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How to Send Written Updates to Your Child’s Birth Family

In an open adoption, one of the key ways to produce a loving, caring environment for your child is for you to send regular and descriptive updates to your child’s birth family. However, there are right and wrong ways to go about this process, and many adoption agencies in California leave you to your best…

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The Best Adoption Books for Your Kids

We understand all too well how hard it can be to answer a child’s question about the world. Many times we find ourselves glossing over the real facts in order to give children an answer that will appease them without making us uncomfortable. However, when your children (either by adoption or birth), ask you a…

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The Best Adoption Books for You

When it comes to learning more about the adoption process, explaining adoption to your children by birth, or explaining adoption to your adoptive children, sometimes books and stories do the best job getting at the heart of what needs to be said. We understand that adoption is known to be a trying process, filled with…

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The Controversy of Gotcha Day

Last week we talked about fun adoption announcements, both when you’ve been matched and when you bring your adopted child home for the first time. However, the question adoptive parents and adoption experts have been asking since its inception was whether or not Gotcha Day is a practice you should bring into your home. Our…

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Creative Post-Birth Adoption Announcements

We talked briefly last week about unique and fun ways to announce your adoption before your child is born, but announcing your baby’s birth and that you are finally bringing him or her home is even more important and exciting news to share. We understand the adoption process can be long and trying, especially if…

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How to Announce Your Adoption – Before Birth

The internet is littered with birth announcements and gender reveals, all beautifully representing a new addition to the family. However, when you are adopting, it can be difficult to find fun, unique ways to announce the adoption. At our adoption center in California, we believe that adopting a child is just as exciting as having…

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What to Say: Telling Your Child They’re Adopted

Knowing when to tell your child they’re adopted and how to do it will help guide you toward making adoption a positive experience for you and your child. With our private adoption center in CA, you have the resources and the support system you need to help you do it right. We know you love…

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How to Tell Your Child They’re Adopted

At A Is 4 Adoption, we are passionate about helping adoptive parents like you make their adoption as successful as possible. That is why we are our parents’ first choice for adoption centers in CA. Learn how to tell your child they are adopted from the professionals who genuinely care. Making “Adoption” A Positive Word…

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The Right Time to Tell Your Child They’re Adopted

Helping Your Adopted Child Thrive The news of adoption can come as a devastating blow to children if parents deliver it too early, too late, or in the wrong way. However, when handled correctly, children grow to see the beauty in their new family and the life they’ve been given. At A Is 4 Adoption,…

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