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How Adoption Can Benefit Your Life

If you’re interested in becoming a parent, you may be considering adoption for a number of reasons. Whether those reasons are unique to your family’s situation or you’d simply like to make a positive impact on the world by helping children in need, at FCCY, we believe that adopting a child can be an amazing…

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Tips for Dealing With the Difficulties of Fostering

When you’ve decided to open your home and your life to children in need by becoming a foster parent, you’re helping to make a positive impact. However, being a foster parent isn’t always easy, and while most fosters are prepared, there can still be surprises when it comes to challenges and difficulties of handling a…

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How to Become a More Patient and Empathetic Parent

Being a parent is the most difficult and the most rewarding job you will ever have. No matter what stage of life your child is in, from baby to teenage years, you will be challenged beyond what you thought you were capable of. Yet the milestones your child achieves, the steps they take to maturity,…

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3 Healthful Tips For Adopted Children

Keeping an adopted child healthy will always be a top priority for parents, but it can be especially tricky when you’re not sure of the child’s medical history. Depending on the type of adoption your child went through (open, semi-open, or closed), you may not know if they will have a higher risk of diabetes,…

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Child Adoption Costs

One of the common questions that comes with child adoption is how much it will cost. It may seem like a price can’t be put on a child, but there are many people and agencies that are involved throughout the process. Costs depend on whether you are adopting domestically or internationally. Domestic costs can include…

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Can Single Parents Adopt?

There are many people in Pennsylvania who want to start a family, but for many reasons, are unable to. Some adopt due to medical reasons, they see a need in the world, or simply haven’t found the right person to start a family with; whatever your reason, FCCY can help with the child adoption process….

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Common Reasons For Adoption

Making the decision to adopt a child is a very personal and life-changing choice. One family’s decision may not make sense at all to another while two other families may bond over their reason for child adoption. If you are considering going through the process and are curious what other family’s reasons were to make…

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What Adoptive Parents Shouldn’t Do

It can be an exciting adventure to go on, adopting a child into your family. But at the same time, it can be overwhelming and there will also be a learning curve. How to bring a child into your home and allow them to feel comfortable and safe, how to handle fights and learn from…

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Questions an Adopted Child May Ask and How to Answer Them

If you are a family who has made the beautiful decision to adopt a child, you may have been asked some challenging questions by the child about where his birth parents are or why they gave him or her up for adoption. If you’re an individual or family considering child adoption, it’s important to be…

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Do You Have the Skills to be an Adoptive Parent?

It’s a noble decision to adopt a child and help him or her have a more stable environment where they can grow and thrive. There are many children out there bouncing from foster home to foster home who deserve love and support from anyone willing to invest in their lives. Child adoption also comes with…

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