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When we first started the adoption process, transracial adoption wasn't an option that I had ever thought of. I just assumed we would adopt a white skinned child. I also never considered adopting siblings. I just assumed we would adopt one child at a time. It's not that we were against transracial or sibling adoptions...we just never really thought about it. Well...you know what happens when you assume. :-) Being our children came home to us as a multiracial, sibling group, they've never...
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Here is a book about adoption that might bring mixed feelings from its readers. Forever Lily tells the autobiographical story of Beth, a woman who is in a place in life where she is not expecting to have any more children. She's a married professional who has helped raise her husband's children from his first marriage, and has always known that her husband wasn't eager to start raising children all over again. Then a friend, Alex, tells Beth that she and her husband are planning to adopt a...
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A Journalist Guide to Adoption:
By Journalists For Journalists
Dear Journalist:
Adoption is increasingly being covered by the news media, whether it is the legislative battle to open adoption and birth records, the homecoming of a long-awaited child from overseas, the meeting of adoptees and their birth families, a custody battle, corrupt adoption practices, or an in-depth report on what makes a family. Despite the frequency with which these stories appear, adoption is little understood...
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A few days ago I wrote about a French organization called Arche de Zoe, or Zoe's Ark, that tried to smuggle 103 children out of Chad, Africa, in order to take them to "host families" in France. At the time that I wrote last, it was not known whether Zoe's Ark was legitamitely trying to provide relief to children they believed to be in danger, or whether they were running some sort of child trafficking scheme. Either way, the organization had gone about things wrong. Neither the governments...
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There's still a few days left of National Adoption Awareness Month! One thing that has brought some extra adoption awareness to the USA lately is the many celebrities who have adopted children! Different people have different feelings about celebrity adoptions. Some people wonder if celebrities are doing it for the wrong reasons... to get more attention, for example, or to use children as a sort of accessory, the way some people carry around those little white dogs in bags as more of...
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Without adoption papers the baby girl cannot be issued a passport or leave the country, Arya said. Experts say commercial surrogacy - or what has been ...
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When he was 20, they gave him some of his adoption papers. The documents included what the lawyer referred to as the "pink slip," giving them permanent ...
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He had been adopted -- and his adoption papers were "sealed" by court order. He wasn't even sure where he was born. Even though he had his DD-214, ...
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... a wide range of programs and services in child care, youth development, education, foster care, family support, wellness and outdoor experiences. ...
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To adopt the ducks go to www.somo.org or you can pick up duck adoption papers at Sun City Tanning and Merrell University. Future locations will be posted on ...
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(rainbowmom thank you for passing this along from our adoption forums)
ACTION ALERT: Ask Senators on the Finance Committee to act NOW to reauthorize the Adoption Incentive Program and help support adoption and relative guardianship
Today, more than 127,000 children and young people in foster...
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Protect your finances by keeping essential documents in a fire-proof home safe, including birth certificates, adoption papers, passports, Social Security ...
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"I'm home." Brittney will have some contact with her biological mom. An agreement was filed with the court Thursday, along with her adoption papers.
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During her time in the pageants, her platform was always adoption and foster care. "This has long been a passion of mine," she said. ...
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The state Office of Community Services will offer an information session next week on adoption and foster care. Anyone wishing to adopt a child or become a ...
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