Adoption and Foster Care
Adoption, Foster Care and Attachment Parenting
Attachment Parenting International has gathered the following resources that deal with adoption, foster care and attachment parenting.
- Read API's Eight Principles of Parenting
- Read Developing Emotional Attachments in Adopted Children by Lysa Parker
- Read Expanding Our Attachment on API Speaks (blog)
- Read more about Adoption/Foster Care and Attachment Parenting on API Speaks
- Discuss Adoption and Foster Care on the API Forums. For more information on obtaining access to the private forum, click here.
- Read The Precious Journey of the Mother who Adopts Older Children (external site)
One of the many benefits of API Membership is access to the members-only site, The Attached Family. The following articles on Adoption and Foster Care can be found in the password-protected section of The Attached Family website. Login instructions are available on the online magazine's homepage.
- Issues Facing Adoptive Parents of Children with Special Needs
- Rosie’s Adoptive Birth Story
- Two Years and Five Months: An Adoption Story
- Michigan Foster Family Embraces AP
