The choice to have kids—or not—should always be something a couple decides on their own. But when family members stick their noses into that decision, things can spiral fast. Take this story: a mother ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who has a question about a secret they're keeping about their adopted daughter.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ten years after signing away their parental rights, Aspen Rawson is ...

Dear Eric: I really enjoy your column and could use some advice on tact and kindness. My spouse and I adopted our child when she was about one week old. Her birth mother arrived at the hospital on ...

Regrets, Catelynn Lowell has had a few. But placing eldest daughter Carly for adoption after her 2009 birth is not among them. The Teen Mom star just wishes she had done it her way. "I think that I ...

*As Zara Phillips celebrates the release of her extraordinary autobiographical film “Somebody’s Daughter,” she offers up some tough love truths that fly in the face of the often cheery, sanitized way ...