by Michele Fried I remember countless stories of expectant parents I met with over the years who cried at the thought of sharing with their parent or parents that they were pregnant. It had nothing to do with their age. I sat with young teens and women in their forties who just were frightened or
Continue reading »by Michele Fried I remember reading a painful account written by Roseanne Barr as she described falling to her knees and begging the paparazzi not to leak the story of her having a child at the age of 17. In 1970, when she was 17, Barr had a child that she placed for adoption. Brandi
Continue reading »by Michele Fried Keep in perspective that deciding on adoption is a courageous, difficult choice and some birth parents will struggle with their decision to make an adoption plan for their baby, a birth parent may change his or her mind and request the return of the child. Disruption of an adoption plan after placement
Continue reading »by Michele Fried In less than a handful of cases in the past 14 years Adoption STAR has experienced informing a family that the birth parent(s) have revoked their surrender upsetting the adoption plan. Though there have been some scares, and a couple of occasions where some legal challenges were necessary, it is rare that
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