One of the happy surprises of adoptive parenting is the friendship and camaraderie to be found in adoption support groups. Whether your group meets in cyberspace daily or once a month in your city, parent support groups can provide information, companionship, and enrichment that you won't find elsewhere.

The need for support after the adoption is critical, and parents regularly turn to parent groups to find this support. Parent groups are an inexpensive, effective means of providing and expanding post-adoption services to families. NACAC's database of parent groups includes a searchable list of hundreds of parent groups that you can use to find support in your community or region.

This web site contains thousands of pages of recommendations and advice from the Berkeley Parents Network, a parent-to-parent email network for the community of parents in the Berkeley, California area.

Lifemothers.com: Offering support, resources, and compassion to all birthmoms. Founded by, Skye Hardwick, Skye is Lifemom to Emily & Mom to Isaiah. She is a writer for Adoption Today Magazine as well as other involvements in the adoption community.

An organization and website that provides peer counseling, support, encouragement, and friendship to pregnant women considering adoption as well as women who have already placed children for adoption.