Are you currently deciding between fostering and adoption? They are two very different things and you may like to know about the financial costs associated with both in order to help you make up your mind. Do you Get Paid for Adopting or Fostering a Child? Adoption: No, this isn’t a job. You wouldn’t [...]
Connecting and Attachment: Finding Mutual Interests
As a family you want to have a strong bond and enjoy spending time with each other, but as children grow family time becomes more precious than ever in order to retain closeness. If you are adopting a child then bonding may be a little hard at first, but if you get it right [...]
Nurturing the Sibling Bond after Adoption
Sibling relationships are the longest human relationships of our lives; they outlast our parents and many modern day marriages too which is why wherever possible, it’s important to maintain an unyielding bond. Unfortunately for adopted or fostered children, keeping the sibling relationship alive is easier said than done. Although keeping in touch with their siblings [...]
International Adoption Surname Laws
When a child is legally adopted in the UK, the child will automatically take on your surname and any rights of the biological parents will cease to exist. This is the status quo in many countries where the child will lose their former surname and automatically acquire yours. Countries where the surname change is automatic [...]