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The boy's family weeps as Jamie Varley, 36, appears in court charged with sexually assault and murder.

Adoption awareness training can dispel myths and help students develop positive attitudes toward adoption. Act 637 requires it.

A little-known law passed in 2023 requires public schools to teach "the reasons adoption is preferable to abortion" in grades 6-12.

Texas increases the number of its foster youth who are adopted. But its penchant for terminating the rights of parents is alarming to some advocates

As part of Activism in Adoption's educational series looking at ethics in adoption, we discuss the linking adoption pricing to race, and how this sets a up adoption as a marketplace.

Rose Hill police release cause of child’s death and arrest her adoptive parents.

A not-boring intro to the adoption process

One child said she was spanked with a device called a “whacker” to the point of bleeding.

A Cree adoptee must come to terms with the complicated reality of her adoption. She embarks on a journey to find the missing pieces but when tragedy strikes, her grief yields a new perspective. Disclaimer: This film is intended for personal viewing only. It is not authorized for distribution, public screenings, or any form of public sharing. Unauthorized use or distribution is prohibited.

A Virginia appellate court ruled that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years.

An Afghan couple who arrived in the U.S. as refugees are suing a U.S. Marine and his wife for allegedly abducting their baby.

"It's like you're…baiting them in," said one adoptive mother.

Having met while working at a children's charity, Naomi and Martin believed that if any couple had the skills needed to provide an adopted child with the right mix of love, nurturing and guidance, it was them.

A woman who once worked for the Florida Department of Children and Families and was guardian ad-litem is accused of murdering her adopted daughter in ‘one of the worst crime scenes’ the Highlands County Sheriff has ever seen.

“I can’t think of any other groups of trauma survivors who are told to be grateful for that traumatic experience,” one expert said.

A 70-year-old South Korean woman sued her government, an adoption agency, and an orphanage Monday over the adoption of her daughter, who was sent to the United States in 1976, months after she was kidnapped at age 4. The damage suit filed by Han Tae-soon, whose story was part of an Associated Press investigation published last month, could ignite further debate on the dubious child-gathering practices and widespread falsification of paperwork that tarnished South Korea’s adoption program, which annually sent thousands of kids to the West during the 1970-80s. It was the first known case of a Korean birth parent suing for damages against the government and an adoption agency over the wrongful adoption of their child, said Kim Soo-jung, one of the lawyers representing Han.

China ended its international adoption program in September, leaving families in the middle of applications in limbo.

Parenting advice on modeling internships, expressing gratitude, and being away at bedtime.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to estimate disability rates for internationally adopted children in the United States.METHODS: We conducted an analysis of restricted-access data from the complete long form of Census 2000 for internationally adopted children aged 5 to 15 in 2000, estimating disability rates by country of...

Although a very heterogeneous group, adopted persons may present developmental and mental health problems of varying severity. Pre-placement adversity and trauma have often been linked to these problems. It has been also suggested that adoption itself ...

From the 1960s through the 1980s in Chile, about 20,000 babies were stolen from their mothers and placed in adoptions outside the country. The mothers were young and poor. Some were indigenous. They were lied to, often being told their babies died at birth.

An exclusive investigation uncovers how State Department officials uncovered systemic corruption in the Vietnamese adoption system -- and how they struggled to do something about…

Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found.

The horrors of Romania's orphanages shocked the world after communism collapsed in 1989, when images emerged of emaciated children living in wretched conditions. Today, some of those adopted by families abroad are returning to Romania for answers and justice.

Rumors of stolen children adopted by unsuspecting parents circulated in international adoption circles for decades. And now a recent report confirms they're true. Nearly 30 years ago, Marjie Alonso adopted two boys from Paraguay. "I need to take a hard look at the families I dismantled to build my own."

The South Korean government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to satiate intense demand for adoptable babies in the West, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means, an investigation led by The Associated Press has

An adopted teen who was sent to Jamaica begged to come home after being abused but says his wealthy parents don't want him back.

There is unanimous agreement in the scientific literature that the vast majority of all adoptions are successful. Despite these encouraging statistics, it remains important for adoption social workers to be prepared to help support families who may struggle after adoptive placement. This article provides an overview of the existing empirical evidence pertaining to adoption disruption or dissolution and associated variables, highlighting factors related to the child, the adoptive parent(s), and the professional adoption services.

Video provided by the sheriff's office appeared to show multiple times Bryan was abused, including being thrown into a pool with his hands tied behind his back.

The adoptive mother linked to the disappearance of two Fayetteville siblings is scheduled to appear in court Thursday. This comes one day after she was arres...