Starting An Adopted Family
The choice to build your family through adoption is a major life decision that, in most people, causes a myriad of concerns and great anticipation. Since our lives have been enriched by adoption, we understand your excitement and anxiety as you begin to build or add to your family.
We also understand that your life experience, whether that is a struggle with infertility, the loss of a child, or the desire to support children and the community, has brought you to this decision. We at Bright Futures can help explain the adoption process, listen to your concerns, and support you in making an adoption plan, but ultimately you must choose the type of adoption that works for you.
At Bright Futures adopting parents are encouraged to:
- participate in the adoption process,
- get to know and respect their child's birth parent(s),
- understand the roles and responsibilities of the members of an adoption triangle,
- work with the birth parent(s) and Bright Futures to make an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and
- make adoption a healthy and secure beginning for the child.
The Adoption Process | Getting Started | Services for Adopting Parents