, about 5 million Americans have been adopted, and between 2% and 4% of Americans have adopted a child. This includes adopting children from another nation, adopting American children whose parents ...

A new study published in the Journal of Adolescence provides evidence that adoption status had no bearing on whether 15‑ to 18‑year‑olds had a boyfriend or girlfriend or on how long those ...

The topic of adoption has long been one-sided, dominated by well-meaning adoptive parents and the for-profit agencies that place kids into homes. That means the people who are supposed to benefit most ...

DALLAS — As family and friends gather to give thanks this week, WFAA is grateful to bring you an update on two little girls in foster care we featured last year as our Wednesday's Child. This ...

More than two dozen children and 18 families around Amarillo and Lubbock had something extra to celebrate this Christmas and ...

“It’s really just a great opportunity for us to celebrate family and kids getting to go home before Christmas,” Jodi Pliska, ...

Two young sisters who were featured on Wednesday's Child 21 years ago have become an adoption success story in Massachusetts. Back in September 2004, WBZ-TV's Jack Williams interviewed Raegina ...

November is National Adoption Month, a time to honor the complexity of adoption and the voices of those who live it every day: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families. Throughout this month, ...

I have written before about the lifelong impact of the names that we hang on newborn children. From their popularity in elementary school to their popularity on online dating sites as adults, a person ...