I don't claim to know a ton about attachment and bonding, but we have read a fair amount on the subject and tried to prepare ourselves for anything. If you are waiting for your adoption to be completed right now, spend some time reading about attachment.

Oleg Parent, a Nightlight adoptee from Russia, made the sports section of the Orange County Register.  An 18 year old junior kicker at Trabuco Hills High School, he ranks among the nation's top 15 kicking prospects in the Class of 2011. Oleg's story is bittersweet, but ultimately uplifting—a timely reminder of the blessings of adoption.

Recently I was asked by a colleague my thoughts regarding an adoptive couple who wanted to stand outside an abortion clinic and tell each woman that they would adopt the unborn child if  she would choose adoption over abortion. After considering the family's plans  for a moment and all the negative press that they could receive, I said it was all […]

A response from Nightlight's Executive Director, Ron Stoddart: When a child is legally adopted in the United States, that child bears the same relationship to their adoptive parent(s) as a biological child would to their parents.  The adopting parents accept all of the rights and obligations of the parent-child relationship.  When a child is legally […]

If you are considering adopting a child this year, you'll be happy to hear the latest update on the adoption tax credit. The adoption tax credit has been extended for one more year, has increased, and you may even qualify for a refund! The new tax credit provides not only a credit but a refund […]

This National Pubic Radio article is based on a survey to determine how children who were adopted fare. There is not a separation under the term "domestic" adoptions  for those adopted as infants, as opposed to those who were adopted by relatives--and usually older. It is estimated that 40% of all domestic (non-foster care) adoptions are by step-parents and relatives. Although […]

Nightlight has a Speakers’ Bureau available to speak in Southern California, Colorado, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. We are available to travel to other states upon special request. We are here to speak on the various topics: • Share the plight of orphans and give your group creative ways to make a difference • […]

Join Nightlight Christian Adoptions and Children in HIS Image Program for a Chili Dinner & Concert on February 19, 2010. The concert will be held at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Simpsonville, SC from 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

To do less for orphans is to be reminded of what happens when we turn our backs on those who need our help as shown in Voyage of Damned, a movie based on the 1939 real life story of a ship carrying 937 Jews from Germany to Havana, Cuba.

My husband and I are the proud parents of five children: one birth son and four who we adopted. Would I adopt children that were born drug addicted, mentally challenged, children with ADHD and Fetal Alcohol Disorder? And, knowing what I know now, I say yes.