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adoption

"Her connection to her country, her continent, is her own and it’s something I only stand back in awe of," Jolie said of her daughter.
Some children are left waiting much longer to be adopted than others – three families share their stories.
Adopting a child with special needs requires solid education and supports.
“I wouldn’t trade him for anything!” parenting vlogger Myka Stauffer said about her adoptive son two years ago in a post that doubled as an ad for laundry detergent.
The "Chandelier" singer opened up about her new sons as she's putting the finishing touches on a new movie, "Music."
It took the mother of a murdered child to permit me to forgive myself.
Being there in that space seemed to give her something I hadn’t been able to before.
When the local sheriff knocked on the family’s door... he found only empty rooms inside.
Rob Scheer and his husband fostered and adopted four kids. Here's how their "forever family" is educating others.
There's an urban myth that staffys are not a great family pet.