Adoption

Adoption is a legal process where someone may be recognized as the adoptive parent of a child. This allows parents to make bigger decisions regarding the care of their adopted child, such as signing for medical decisions or readying their adopted child for school....

For some grandparents, it is an assignment they did not expect. However, troubles and instability at the homes of their grandchildren sometimes leads to grandparents taking on new roles. They find themselves as primary caregivers of teens and youngsters who long...