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Adopting teens

Adoptive fathers (left to right) Travis Thompson, Christopher Keen, Scott Arnson, Robert Edwards, and Mike Allred.

Let’s hear from the dads!

We convened a panel of five dads to share their perspectives about adopting—and specifically about adopting teens.

Lesley Field and her daughter, Mikalah

Won over by a hug

In this guest post, a woman who had planned on fostering writes about her path to parenthood.

Sydney Martin and family

Staying for good

A nursing student talks about bonding with her new family after being adopted as a teen.

The Arnston family

Firsts with the Arntson family!

In this short video, a family talks about the many firsts they’ve experienced together since adopting a teen.