Welcome to Adopt4Life—Ontario’s Adoptive Parent Association!

We are a community of people with lived experience that strengthens and empowers parents and caregivers to achieve permanency for children to reach their full potential. We believe parents and caregivers have a right to advocacy, support and guidance throughout their lifelong journey.

Featured & Upcoming Events

Ongoing Events for Community Members

News & Stories

Blog Stories
Packing Up and Moving On: What We Wish We Knew 10 Years After Adopting
Packing Up and Moving On: What We Wish We Knew 10 Years After Adopting
8 Tips Post Adoption Resource Exchange (ARE)
8 Tips Post Adoption Resource Exchange (ARE)
There is no Adoption Stork
There is no Adoption Stork
A Birth Mother’s, Mother's Day 
A Birth Mother’s, Mother's Day 
After Winter, Comes Spring: From One Depressed Mama to Another 
After Winter, Comes Spring: From One Depressed Mama to Another 
Our Autism Journey
Our Autism Journey
Raising a Child with Autism: Why Community is Essential
Raising a Child with Autism: Why Community is Essential
Court of Public Opinion
Court of Public Opinion
Why we need Time to attach 
Why we need Time to attach 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found
Time to Attach Stories
Why we need Time to attach 
Why we need Time to attach 
Time to Attach: Older Youth Adoption
Time to Attach: Older Youth Adoption
Time to Attach: Why I went Back to Work when my twins were 27 weeks old
Time to Attach: Why I went Back to Work when my twins were 27 weeks old
The days were nothing compared to the nights
The days were nothing compared to the nights
Être parent et affronter le maelström
Être parent et affronter le maelström
Les comportements de nos enfants dépassaient largement notre expérience
Les comportements de nos enfants dépassaient largement notre expérience
3 raisons pour lesquelles les parents adoptifs ont besoin d’un congé parental prolongé
3 raisons pour lesquelles les parents adoptifs ont besoin d’un congé parental prolongé
Our Children’s Behaviours Were Wildly Outside of Our Experience
Our Children’s Behaviours Were Wildly Outside of Our Experience
After His Whole World Changed, Our Son Needed Us with Him to Feel Safe
After His Whole World Changed, Our Son Needed Us with Him to Feel Safe
Self-employed? You’re on your own, financially, after you adopt!
Self-employed? You’re on your own, financially, after you adopt!