Across the country, about 120,000 children are adopted annually via private, foster, or international adoption. More than a quarter are single-parent families. Creating a family is hard and beautiful ...

Single people who want to foster or adopt a child for a wide variety of reasons, but there might be some misconceptions about their resources and capabilities as caregivers In fact, single people have ...

I've always wanted kids but never found a partner to build a family with. I became a licensed foster parent and four months later a 2-week-old baby was placed with me. Days before her first birthday I ...

Oswego County Department of Social Services (DSS) hosts another virtual information meeting for potential foster and adoptive parents from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7.

A growing number of single men are pursuing parenthood through surrogacy, adoption or fostering, and there was a record number of single-parent adoptions in 2018. A single man is eligible to adopt a ...

I never understood adoption jokes growing up. As an adoptee, I could not grasp what was wrong with being adopted. To me, being adopted meant that I had a loving family who wanted me and loved me just ...