Posted on December 15, 2015 by Thandi Nkomo

My daughter's birth mother was thankful. I didn’t want her gratitude. Not at all. I was the one ...

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Julie Kynaston

Attachment is something that you have to work towards and that grows over time, even if the love ...

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Robyn Wolfson Vorster

What becomes of our “lostboys" and girls (who clearly are not in Neverland), and why do those in ...

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Julie Kynaston

Attachment refers to, according to a former supervisor of mine, Dr Christelle Blunden, the "dance that develops between ...

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Thandi Nkomo

Adoption is fraught with uncertainties. Our children changed how we would make our choice ...

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Justin Foxton

Adoption – whilst being the miracle that it is – is one of those things that as a ...

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Contributor

We celebrate the power and beauty of family brought together through adoption with this photo gallery ...

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Brenda Munro

This year, miraculously, I can finally join so many other adoptive families and say: “Happy World Adoption Day, ...

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Thomas Jordi

Adoption facilitates the creation of a new present, a new future and it also re-writes the past - ...

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Brenda Munro

When I discovered at age 18 that I could not have kids due to a genetic condition, I ...

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Lisa Casson

You see, I didn’t choose adoption to be selfless. I chose it because I wanted children. It was ...

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Thandi Nkomo

I dreamed of the day we’d receive our call about a baby we had been matched with. It ...

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Contributor

Adoptive parents want South African law to change to ensure compulsory maternity leave for primary caregivers

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Thandi Nkomo

It has taken us seven years to get past one long detour that seemed to take us off ...

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Elke Day

You as a parent are the key to 'rewiring' your adopted child, helping them to know that they ...

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Contributor

Life is interesting when you don’t look like your kids and they don’t look like you. No, we ...

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Justin Foxton

Adoption takes a life out of a rubbish bin, off a sidewalk or away from the evils of ...

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Thandi Nkomo

Our “one adopted, one biological child” plan has changed a bit. Like life in general, we’ve come to ...

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Lisa Casson

Deciding to have a baby is a huge decision. Deciding to adopt is an even bigger decision. This ...

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Julie Kynaston

My husband, Ryan, and I are the proud parents of three of the best kids - we’re a ...