Features
Real-life stories and articles about adoption and fostering for families and agencies
We publish a variety of articles and features about adoption and fostering which you can access on this website - for free! To look at some or all of the articles, simply explore the categories on your left, or see below.
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Read our latest features:
What's it like being adopted?
Louise and Jake, aged 11 and nine, are sister and brother who were adopted together five years ago. They share their thoughts and feelings about being adopted and their adoptive family.
Adoption is a wonderful thing
There are many children of all ages and backgrounds in the UK care system awaiting adoptive families. Emily Pearce speaks to single adopter Karen about her adoption journey and her impassioned wish for more families to come forward to adopt.
The best thing we’ve ever done!
“When you adopt, life will never ever be the same. The process of adoption is challenging, and emotional. Despite the challenges, the worries, the wait, the emotions…the reward, well, the reward is second to none” writes adoptive mum Elen, 41, as she describes the process she and her husband went through to adopt their three-year-old daughter.
Highly rewarding and worth the hard work
Jane Farrer and Andrea Watkins are social workers in the adoption team at Merton local authority in southwest London. They answer Be My Parent’s questions about the process and their work assessing prospective adopters.
What does adoption mean to you?
As part of National Adoption Week 2011, some adults with experience of adoption reflect on what adoption means to them.
Last updated: 02 February 12
