ADOPTION AND PARENTING MAGAZINE

Birth family

This week I’m sharing our experience of contact and life story work. I’ve written a few articles over the last

This week’s interview about contact and life story work is with birth mum Sammy. I’m really grateful she’s agreed to

In this article, adoptee Jonathan shares his experience of adoption in the late 1970s, the subsequent breakdown of the relationship

In this second article, adoptive father of two John Lamb shares his views on post-adoption contact in the modern world

This article is written by John Lamb, and adoptive father of two, who shares his views around the new proposals

This article of the year is a very honest interview with Sammy, a birth mum. Her daughter was taken into

The next series of interviews is about contact and life story work. Knowing about their birth history and learning to

Having an accurate and age-appropriate life storybook is really important to help our children understand their birth history. The standard

A lot of kids, girls, in particular, have thought of names they’d like to call their future children. My nieces

There’s a perception that children who are placed for adoption are removed from their birth family without warning. The reality