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May 15, 2025 by Free Will Baptist Children's Home

How to Bond After Adopting a Teenager

How to Bond After Adopting a Teenager

  Let’s face it: bonding with a teen son or daughter is usually challenging for most parents, but it can be especially tough if your teenager was a teen before you adopted them into your family.  At our Children’s Home, residents are boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 18. Over the … [Read more...]

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April 10, 2025 by Free Will Baptist Children's Home

Talking About Adoption with Your School-Aged Child

Talking About Adoption with Your School-Aged Child

You adopted your child when they were a baby or toddler, so they have no memory of it. At some point, your child will discover they were adopted—but when is the right time? And what’s the right way to do it? Over the years at the Children’s Home, we’ve seen many approaches to talking about … [Read more...]

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March 6, 2025 by Free Will Baptist Children's Home

A Closer Look at How We Serve Children and Families in Need

A Closer Look at How We Serve Children and Families in Need

Last month, we shared our home’s process of accepting referrals from local and in-state DHR, families impacted by failed adoptions, and other families struggling with maintaining (biological or adoptive) children in their homes. Today, we offer a closer look into how we serve children we admit as … [Read more...]

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