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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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Value of Human Life

Teaching My Children the Sanctity of Life

Helping children understand that the sanctity of human life isn’t just about valuing people at the beginning and end of their lives – but also every day in between.

No More Waiting

Bill and Kim dismissed various “nudges” to consider adoption until one Sunday when their pastor mentioned an event called Wait No More, an event for anyone exploring adoption from foster care.

Growing Pains in Adoptive Families

Help the kids already in your home adjust to the arrival of new siblings.

Helping an Adopted Child Succeed in the Classroom

How to advocate for your child’s unique challenges at school.

Honoring Your Adopted Child’s Past

Give children permission to remember their – sometimes painful – past.

Helping Adopted Children Understand Expressions of Love

Discover new ways to draw close to your child.

Home at Last – Forever

One family’s story of adoption through foster care.

Uncomfortable Questions About Your Child’s Adoption

Parents need to prepare for the age when their kids will wrestle with questions about identity and culture.

Illustration of pensive boy looking through an open door

Understanding Your Adopted Child’s Behavior

Sure, your family experiences times of joy together, but you also encounter behavioral outbursts that leave you clueless. If only you had a secret decoder ring to help decipher your adopted child’s behavior.

The Sanctity of Life and the Goodness of God

There are risks when we declare our pro-life intentions – and costs. But there are plenty of rewards, too, like love and purpose and the goodness of God.

Four generations of women - a grandmother, daughter, granddaughter and baby great granddaughter – standing in a flower field

In the Image of God: Why We Are Pro-Life

Focus on the Family’s comprehensive view of human life is based on the idea that each human being – born and preborn – is created in the image of God (the imago dei). 

Facts and Research on Human Trafficking

Facts and research to help you understand the terrible side effects of human trafficking.

The Struggle to Reach Normal After an Adoption

Adoption expectations—and unfortunate truths—can reveal our weakness and His power.

Helping Kids Who are Adopted Piece Together Their Identity

You can help children who must build their identity on a fragmented foundation by initiating conversations about issues that may surface during the adolescent years.

Practice Makes … Parenting

A little boy with an uncertain future needs a ‘forever family.’

Young, stressed-out mom leaning against a crib with her newborn lying there crying

Foster Parenting Isn’t So Easy

Physical and occupational therapy become a part of everyday life.

Wait No More: A Foster-Care Adoption Story

One family’s amazing adoption journey – one that would change their lives forever.

A Network of Support

The most successful adoptive families are those who know they need support and know how to draw upon every resource available.

Adoption Success for the Long Haul

Don’t be afraid to ask for help when needed, and don’t be frozen in your fears of what others will think or say.

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Characteristics of Successful Adoptive Families

With awareness and planning, the adoption journey can be one that promotes growth, blessings, and healing for all involved.