by Adoption Webinar | Apr 26, 2018 | More About Adoption, Open Adoption |
Hear from author and speaker, Elizabeth Laing Thompson, who has written two books which come highly recommend by hopeful adoptive parents, at any stage of their path to adoption. You’ll be encouraged to hear from Elizabeth’s heart for helping Christians...
by Adoption Webinar | Feb 12, 2018 | Adoption Stories, More About Adoption, Open Adoption |
Hopeful adoptive parents go through so much to prepare for the process to become ready to adopt. What about preparing for life after adoption? It’s important to prepare now for how you’ll share your family’s adoption story as your future child grows...
by Adoption Webinar | Nov 6, 2017 | More About Adoption, Open Adoption |
Today’s adoption stories look a lot different than stories from decades ago. Modern adoption has changed the way birth parents and hopeful adoptive families pursue adoption, and create a personal plan in the best interest of the child. In this webinar, we review the...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 9, 2017 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
Faith, perseverance, and flexibility are key for anyone called to follow a path to adopt a child. New adoptive parents, Jeff and Christa, speak from the heart about the little details they experienced as they pursued the adoption of their son, becoming first-time...
by Adoption Webinar | Nov 14, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption, Questions & Answers |
What would you want to ask another adoptive parent? In this webinar, we met with two adoptive moms who answered audience questions from their personal experiences through their families’ open adoptions. Beth and Heather spoke candidly about waiting to adopt, moving...
by Adoption Webinar | Aug 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
Open adoption can be easily misunderstood, that is until you see it through the lives of actual adoptive families and birth parents who came together through a child’s adoption. In this webinar discover open adoption’s great potential for a close, comfortable...
by Adoption Webinar | Jul 20, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
Most adoptive parents have an idea of what they think their adoption will or “should” look like. That preconceived idea is often changed as an adoption match unfolds and both sides get to know each other, and the circumstances, better. In Kerri’s story, you’ll hear...
by Adoption Webinar | Jun 27, 2016 | More About Adoption, Open Adoption |
Adoptive parents do well to learn about parenting and life-after-adoption as they prepare for the adoption process. Listen here as Mardie Caldwell, adoptive mom and founder of Lifetime Adoption, shares tips for healthy bonding and attachment with the child you will...
by Adoption Webinar | May 25, 2016 | Open Adoption, Questions & Answers |
For the best understanding about open adoption it’s important to learn from the expertise of adoption professionals and from the experiences of those personally living with open adoption. In this webinar, Lifetime Adoption’s staff discuss the top questions...
by Adoption Webinar | May 9, 2016 | Birth Mothers, More About Adoption, Open Adoption |
In this webinar you’ll hear from Rebecca, a birth mother who chose adoption for her newborn daughter 3 years ago. Living with open adoption and a beautiful friendship with her daughter’s adoptive parents, Rebecca shares insights from her personal experience and...
by Adoption Webinar | May 9, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Birth Mothers, More About Adoption, Open Adoption |
Tune in and hear a beautiful story of open adoption, as told by one baby boy’s adoptive mother and birth mom. In this webinar, adoptive mother Heather and birth mother Chloe share their story in order to help others know what open adoption looks like to them....
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 22, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption, Questions & Answers |
It’s helpful for future adoptive parents to learn from people who have successfully moved through the adoption process. In this webinar, we met with Lifetime adoptive moms, Toni & Laura, who answered audience questions from their personal experiences with...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 22, 2016 | Open Adoption, Questions & Answers |
Researching adoption comes with basic questions, like how the process works and what’s required to get started, and it also comes along with hard-to-ask topics and discussions necessary to help hopeful adoptive parents seek out the child they long to add to...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 22, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
When it comes to open adoption, perhaps you’ve heard yourself or another say “I get why open adoption is good, but I’m not sure I could do it.” Understanding and embracing open adoption can feel like different steps, however actual adoption...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 17, 2016 | Open Adoption, Questions & Answers |
When you begin your adoption research it’s important to ask questions about the match, the baby’s birth, and what to expect after adoption; it can be easy to focus questions on how to get started or how to choose which direction to go. In this Adoption Q&A,...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 17, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
As a single adoptive mom, Cynthia’s adoption story will encourage and help anyone thinking about or preparing for adopting a child. Future couples and single parents hoping to adopt will appreciate this new mom’s insights and wisdom through her recent adoption...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 17, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
While every adoption story has its own ups and downs, look for the support and experience of people who have experienced success. You’ll learn more about reaching your personal adoption goals when you seek out positive adoption experiences of people who have...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
Adoptive couple, Brent & Latonia, share their experience through open adoption and discuss their unique perspective as a transracial family. Find out how this adoptive mom and dad embrace their daughter’s birth mom in a way they never expected, along with...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Birth Mothers, Open Adoption |
Tune in as we welcome a birth mother to Lifetime’s webinar, in honor of Mother’s Day. Tammy shares her story of open adoption. As a birth mother, adoption advocate, and peer support for pregnant women considering or choosing adoption. Tammy’s...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
Do you wonder how you KNOW you’re being called to adopt? Do you ask yourself what it feels like to be chosen by a baby’s birth parents to adopt? Have you dreamed of that moment when you meet your child and imagined what it will be like? Summer’s...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
Discover Meredith’s heart for her daughter’s adoption story. Meredith and her husband, Scott, have a beautiful open adoption and Meredith has an inspiring friendship and connection with their daughters birth mother. Through this adoption story we explore...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
As an adoptive father, Jake shares his side of his family’s story through two open adoptions. You’ll enjoy this unique perspective as he became a father and grew relationships with his children’s birth families. Jake shares personal stories from the...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
Do you wonder what open adoption could look like for your future family? Is there anything about open adoption that holds you back from embracing the opportunities it could mean for your future as a parent? Maybe you think about what it would be like to have two...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Featured, Open Adoption |
Adoptive dad, Tim shared his family’s adoption story with us along with a unique look at adoption through an adoptive father’s experience. Tim and his wife, Tisha, adopted twice through Lifetime. Through two unique stories, Tim shares his tips and insights...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
One of the best ways hopeful adoptive parents can prepare for or be encourages along their path to adoption is to learn from other adoption stories of parents who made it through the process. In this webinar, African American adoptive mom, MaRay, shares the details of...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 16, 2016 | More About Adoption, Open Adoption |
What have you head about open adoption? Sometimes the stereotypes, fears, and lack of understanding lead to perpetuating myths when it comes to open adoption. Tune in and discover what you can expect with open adoption, what it REALLY means to have an open adoption,...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 15, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
Ryan and Brandi are adoptive parents blessed twice by adoption; once through a U.S. open adoption, and once through an international adoption. Tune in and find out the details they learned through each experience that will help you discern the right path for your...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 15, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Open Adoption |
This adoption story features two African American families coming together for one precious child. You’ll hear the story of how birth mother Adrianne and adoptive parents Cheryl and Doug grew a relationship through open adoption, how they chose adoption in...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 15, 2016 | Adoption Stories, Birth Mothers, Open Adoption |
Are you curious what open adoption could be like through the years after the adoption takes place? Have you thought about what it would be like to keep in touch with the family you chose for your baby or with your child’s birth parents? Tune in for Ashley and...
by Adoption Webinar | Mar 15, 2016 | Open Adoption |
As you make plans for your future family, you may have questions and thoughts about what it will be like to have an on-going relationship with your child’s birth parent through open adoption.The potential for your future in open adoption is full of amazing...
