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Yahoo LifeTransracial adoptees share what they wish their parents had known: 'The color-blind approach is unhelpful and harmful'
“A lot of adoptive parents have this ‘color-blind’ mentality where they think that ‘love is enough’ and that race or ethnicity doesn't really matter.” But it does, these adoptees explain.
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Single foster dad adopts 5 siblings to keep them together: 'I had already experienced it myself'
Robert Carter made it official on National Adoption Day.
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Community comes together to throw adoption parade for 2-year-old who spent 700 days in foster care
The Moody family was able to celebrate adopting their daughter Isla, 2, with a socially-distanced parade.
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Families trying to adopt from China are facing indefinite delays due to coronavirus: ‘It’s heartbreaking’
Bags are packed and bedrooms are ready, however the coronavirus has prevented U.S. families from adopting their Chinese children.
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Nurse adopts boy she first met as a baby patient: 'I would never have thought' that ‘I was taking care of our future child’
Taneeka Ingram first met Jakobe as an infant with health issues resulting from being born premature.
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Dr. Phil doubts Ukrainian orphan when she tells him she's 16, not 30: 'That's just not believable to me'
Natalia Grace, the Ukrainian orphan accused of being a 30-year-old scam artist by her adoptive parents, speaks out for the first time on "Dr. Phil."
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26-pound shelter cat goes viral as adoption offers flood in
The two-year-old tabby is described by the shelter as a "chonk of a chonk," with a "big heart."
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Woman, 36, abandoned in dumpster as a baby searches for the person who saved her life
Amanda Jo Jones was abandoned as a baby in a Georgia dumpster. She's intent on finding the guardian angels who pulled her out.
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Woman takes home two oldest dogs at local humane society: ‘At last...my love has come along’
The Asheville Humane Society posted a video of a woman who wanted to adopt two dogs who had been at the shelter the longest, with the most special needs.
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Empty-nesters, who raised 5 kids, adopt 15-year-old: ‘We wanted to have her in our family forever’
Ramona and Mike Evans, who raised five children, adopted a 15-year-old girl after becoming empty-nesters. “Ramona and I felt that adoption is our calling,” says Mike.
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Nurse adopts abandoned, premature baby from her own hospital: ' I knew I was going to be her mother'
Liz Smith, a nurse in Massachusetts fell in love with her adopted daughter Gisele upon sight.
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DNA test brings mother and daughter together after 52 years
Erin Chatterton was finally reunited with her biological mother, Karen Leslie, thanks to an AncestryDNA test.
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Former school resource officer adopts 24-year-old who really wanted a mom
Shay worked up the courage to text Wing. "Can you think about adopting me one day?" she wrote, knowing she wouldn't be able to ask the question out loud. "I really want a mom."
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Couple with 6 kids already adopts 7 siblings after fostering some of them for years: 'We’re just trying to give these kids a chance at life'
Terri and Michael Hawthorn have housed more than 80 foster kids over the years, but knew two years ago that they wanted to adopt these seven siblings.
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Mother reunites with daughter after 69 years apart: 'It's a Christmas miracle'
Sixty-nine years ago, Tampa resident Genevieve Purinton was falsely told her daughter had died during childbirth. This week, the family reunited.
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These celebs embraced adoption and we love them for it
National Adoption Day is observed annually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Many have chosen this option of adoption, including many celebrities.
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Dog returned to Arizona animal shelter for being 'too good'
Staffers at the Arizona Animal Welfare League & SPCA in Phoenix were stunned when a 1-year-old dog named Binx was brought back to them on Monday for being "too good" for his new owners.
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White mom alleges medical clinic refused to treat her adopted black daughter
Karen Dresser, a white mother and schoolteacher from Maryland, says an urgent care facility denied her black daughter medical treatment, which she tells Yahoo Lifestyle is “racist and discriminatory.”
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'I have loved these doors and hated these doors': Children's hospital shares an apology letter from a father
A heartfelt letter from a dad has encouraged others to share their feelings regarding the doors leading into the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
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Check out America’s first dog cafe — coffee with a side of cuddles
Do you like dogs? Do you like coffee? Then you are in luck! The Dog Cafe, located in Los Angeles, is the coffee spot you have been waiting for — and you may even walk out with a new furry friend.
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Couple adopt 6 kids after struggling with infertility: 'Hope will never fail you'
The inspiring story of how a couple adopted six children, including four with special needs.
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Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Reveals How She Found Out She Was Adopted: 'I'm Curious About My Birth Family'
Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Reveals How She Found Out She Was Adopted
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9-year-old bulldog named Zsa Zsa crowned the World's Ugliest Dog
Protruding teeth, a miles-long tongue, pink painted talons and a gallon of drool --- that's what it takes to become crowned the World's Ugliest Dog.
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A 4-year-old dog that survived 3 gunshots to the face finds a forever home: 'It seems like a perfect match'
Hope, a 4-year-old mixed-breed dog, survived three gunshots to the face before finding a new home.
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Mixed-race family asks Blue Bell to change name of The Great Divide ice cream
A group of diverse and adorable kids from Louisiana noticed an outdated and dividing detail in the name of an ice cream flavor, and are calling for its amendment.
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South Dakota Demands Gay Fathers Finance Adoption Prejudice
South Dakota's new legislation demands that gay men help finance adoption prejudice.