Message Groups are a group mailing list that you join. Joining one or more of these can be extremely helpful simply because these are REAL people sharing their REAL problems or/and solutions they may be having with their adoptive children.
A_O_K
Adopt_Older_Kids is for anyone who desires to share, learn, listen, support and be supported by others who have been or desire to be touched by the adoption of older children (non-newborn). Domestic, international, special needs, fost-adopt, adoptees, parents (singles and couples), foster parents, adoption related professionals are all welcome. Parenting the older adopted child comes with some unique challenges. Those not parenting these children don't always understand. This mailing list is a place for us to come together and learn from and support one another with these issues.
gen-x-adopt
This list is for adoptive parents, domestic or international, where one or both parents are in their twenties and thirties. You may be in any stage of the adoption process to join this group--even just thinking about it!
older-child
OLDER-CHILD is an off-shoot of ICHILD (India adoption, information, support and resources) and is a list specifically for families who have adopted older children. It is a place to discuss the issues that can be specific to older child adoptions.
singleparentsadopting
A site for single parents starting their adoption journey, and parents during and post adoption. Support group for single parents.
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