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Prospective adoptive parents have many adoption options. The way you choose to adopt will depend on what is important to your family, including how you feel about contact with birth parents, how flexible you can be about the characteristics of the child you wish to adopt, the resources you have available for adoption fees, and how long you are willing to wait for your child.
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- Adoption Options: Factsheet for Families
This factsheet from the Child Welfare Information Gateway National Adoption Directory provides some basic information about adoption options.
Adoption & the Family
Family dynamics such as relationships with parents and siblings and separation anxiety >>
Family dynamics such as relationships with parents and siblings and separation anxiety >>
Adoption & the Community
The classroom and relationships with peers and role models>>
The classroom and relationships with peers and role models>>
The Adoption Circle
Identity, Heritage and Belonging>>
Identity, Heritage and Belonging>>
Special Kinds of Adoption
International adoption and siblings with different adoptive backgrounds>>
International adoption and siblings with different adoptive backgrounds>>
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