21.   In many adoptive families, this is a moment parents dread.

22.   Just before the adoptive family took baby K home, the Cunninghams pleaded to adopt her.

23.   Masters, with a picture of his adoptive family.

24.   Morrison said he and the adoptive family are pleased that media have been restrained in their coverage of the girl.

25.   Ms. Noerdlinger said she is now close to her adoptive family.

26.   Officials built momentum for their mission to find an adoptive home for every child, urging every worker to recruit adoptive families.

27.   Now agencies are taking a high-tech approach to help foster kids and adoptive families find each other.

28.   Raised in different adoptive families, the Jims had each married twice, each to women named Linda and Betty.

29.   Refer to yourself as an adoptive family, not as having an adopted child.

30.   Seeking intervention when problems crop up early on is not typical for most adoptive families of difficult children.