#167: Local Experts Clarify Domestic and International Adoption

Stephanie Grant, Executive Director of Infant of Prague Adoption Services and Laurel Boylan, Founder of God's Waiting Children join Josh to discuss adoption.

Topics include:

• Clarifying common misconceptions about adoption.


• The difference between open and closed adoption.


• The differences between the process of domestic and international adoption.


• Available grants for adopting parents.


• Addressing the common resentment between families that have adopted domestically and those that have adopted internationally.


• An update on the situation with Russian president Vladimir Putin banning American families from adopting children from Russia.


• How adopting children from the foster care system works.


• Does a pregnant teen need to choose adoption before contacting an adoption agency?