In a closed adoption, there is no contact between the biological parents and adoptive families— but fate had other ideas.

Birth parents can choose their child’s adoptive family and maintain a loving connection throughout their child’s life.

It can be. Birth parents—and particularly birth mothers—often become emotionally attached to the child during pregnancy. Even if they are confident that they want to pursue adoption, placing ...

The description of her birth mother has echoed in ... Waggoner said she held off on searching for her birth parents for many years out of respect for her adoptive parents, J.D. and Lois Waggoner ...

Catelynn and Tyler Baltierra's adoption woes continue on the new season of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, with the pair saying ...

Even when children are taken away from their mothers for good reasons, it can impact their development, says Lora Rose Buth.

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Fifteen years after placing biological daughter Carly for adoption — and amid a years-long feud with Carly's adoptive parents ...

Comedian Dara Ó Briain recently met his birth mother for the first time, motivated by a desire to tell her his life had ...

and providers can make a lot of money attracting vulnerable birth mothers and potential adoptive parents to place through their agency, Mitchell said. Garza's adoption agencies—first Heart and ...

ROSE HILL, Kan. (KSNW) — The adoptive parents of a Rose Hill girl have been arrested in connection with her death, according ...