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Why quick and easy adoptions aren't always best
Imagine for one moment your child went missing. Surely you would expect no stone to be left unturned to find them - even if took six months, a year, two, even more.
Adoptive mums and dads can get new parent depression too
Adopting a child is supposed to be a joyous event, but for some mothers it is far from a Hallmark moment.
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Mum's emotional letter to foster kids: 'I don't love you like my own'
A mother has written an emotional letter to her daughters to commemorate the day of their adoption.
Foster carer shares heartfelt post on 'getting attached' to kids
"It took his left-behind toothbrush to undo me," writes foster carer Rachel Hillestad in a post to the Love What Matters Facebook page.
Australian families still face a long wait for intercountry adoption
As the Dutch government considers halting intercountry adoptions, Australia has signed agreements with three new countries in the past year.
What most people don't know about adopting a child
I have been through the adoption process twice now and I know that I am indeed one of the more fortunate ones.
The couple who adopted four children under two in one day
Kaley Carling and her husband had dreamed of having a family to call their own for many years.
'It gave purpose to Dewey's short life': couple adopts son from same hospital where their baby died
"We are so grateful for Brax, and if it weren't for Dewey we wouldn't have met. It gave purpose to Dewey's short life."
'A singlet and a nappy and that's it': Perth foster mums cry for help
Got a spare shed at your work? It could be heaven-sent for a desperate group of Perth foster mums.
I'm a foster parent, but am I a mum?
If being a mum is defined solely on presence, I qualify.
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It's not your place to judge my children's birth mothers
The word "lucky" is thrown around quite a lot in adoption conversations – lucky children, lucky parents, so lucky to have found each other. And people often tell me my children are "so lucky" to have me as their mother.
'I want my children back': Mum's desperate plea
If Anne can't find a lawyer, she fears her children will be adopted out without her voice being heard.
My friend fed my daughter when she couldn't feed hers
When everything is broken and mixed up we have to create our own beauty from the pieces.
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