When in October 2022 Michelle Reed brought home from Haiti two adopted sons after a grueling five-and-a-half year process, she didn’t know they had a younger brother in the orphanage they just left.

China announced last week it was ending its international adoption program, devastating hundreds of families in the U.S. in the process of adopting a child. "A lot of these families have persevered, ...

This article was originally published in The 19th. After three rounds of fertility treatments, Haley Swenson and her wife, Alieza Durana, had a baby boy in March 2023. Because Swenson carried their ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis signed off on new adoption regulations for the state in May, making the process safer for children in the system. To help kids find more stable households, ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A local family is working to adopt a special-needs child from Colombia, and this weekend the community ...

Grandparents can have a ton of knowledge to dispense. However, naturally nurturing grandparents are less likely to drop all their precious pearls of wisdom at once. Instead, they're more inclined to ...

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- A holiday tradition in one Indiana courtroom allows children to adopt their new Christmas toys. More than 20 children brought their dolls, stuffed animals and action figures to ...