Adoption & Child Fostering: Information, Advice & Resources

Single gay dad adopts baby girl with Down syndrome rejected by 20 families

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My son is adopted, and yes, I am his real mother

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US nurse adopts baby who had no hospital visitors for five months

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While adoption can be a wonderful option, we must also be aware of the dangers.

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.

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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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Jackie's son shows no interest in his Cabbage Patch Doll "little brother".

Helping a toddler embrace an adopted sibling

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Adoption: a different kind of love

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"From her perspective, I radiated 'LOOK AT ME', while she had spent a lifetime pretending I had never happened" ... ...

When your birth mum isn't thrilled to meet you

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The argument against relaxing international adoption laws

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Singles could adopt in shake-up to match 'modern family'

Changes to Victoria's adoption laws could give single people the same rights as married couples.

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Deana and Matthew and their children David, Sharni and Jacob.

'Our greatest joy comes from their greatest heartache'

Deana grew up always wanting a large family and was devastated when she and her husband couldn't conceive.

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One mum's secret Mother's Day tradition after adopting her sons

Mother's Day is a time to celebrate all mums, and this mother has found a way to celebrate and appreciate her adopted sons' birth mothers each year.

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Stewart has adopted two local Queensland children, who are now aged 8 and 5.

Meet the stay-at-home dad with two adopted kids

"It's a very uncertain process."

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Is 'platonic parenting' the future of motherhood?

After job sharing and flat sharing, are we about to see friends take up child sharing?

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Adoption by same-sex couple opposed by Catholic birth parents

A court has allowed a four-year-old girl to be adopted by a same-sex couple despite her birth parents' opposition on the basis of their Catholic faith.