The landscape of international adoption has shifted dramatically since the early days when families were primarily bringing home young children with f...
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Reconsidering The Homestudy
Healthy Infant Adoption: A Thing of the Past?
On a weekly basis, our agency receives many inquiries from families wishing to adopt healthy infants internationally. As I type my re...
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Our Adopted Child Won’t Bond With Both of Us: 8 Tips to Support Attachment
If it takes a village to raise a child, it goes without saying that parents need the support of their community along the way—especially when to...
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Could You Parent a Child with Special Needs from South Africa
It takes a dedicated and resourceful parent to adopt a child with special medical needs. At Spence-Chapin, we guide families in how&nbs...
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10 Reasons to Begin Your Adoption Home Study Today
Adoption has been on your heart for a while, so you begin investigating the process. Everything you find references an ‘adoption home stud...
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Meant To Be
A few years ago, when I was eleven years old, my family returned to my birthland -- Vietnam -- where I met my birth mother and a great big extended bi...
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Qualities of a Successful Adoptive Parent
When considering adoption, parents generally take time to consider whether they meet certain qualifications, like age requirements or length of marria...
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Helping Kids Prepare for Volunteering on Heritage Trip
Many families have talked about orphanages as pseudo “baby homes” and have focused on their own child’s young age, perhaps the first...
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How Do You Define Family?
It’s amazing how times have changed since I was a child. Not only technology, advances in medicine and science, and education, but in the defini...
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Orphanage Visits: Two Warm Welcomes
As a parent of two children adopted from China, I have sometimes felt the burden of providing my kids with experiences that are “equal” to...
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