Adoption Options

• Adoption Awareness: advocate says stigma still exists

  In Alberta, there are currently 160 adoptive parents are waiting to be matched with babies who need a permanent home. The average wait period for a match is three to four years.

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  Nov 17, 2016
  
• Calgary birth mom in open adoption hopes for reunion later in life

  Despite all the best intentions going into an open adoption, the birth mom often withdraws with the hope of a reunion later in life. Jill Croteau has part three of her Forever Families series.

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  Nov 16, 2016
  
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• Keeping siblings together: the dynamics of an open adoption

  In Part II of Forever Families, Jill Croteau profiles the family of a Calgary resident whose four children—including a set of twins—are at the heart of an open adoption journey.

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  Nov 15, 2016
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• 3 birth moms and 2 parents: how open adoption worked for an Alberta family

  A growing number of people are embracing the concept of open adoptions—in which the birth parent stays involved in the child’s life, even as he or she is raised by adoptive parents.

  Features

  Nov 14, 2016