You’ve decided to adopt a child . What’s next, what is the first step in the adoption process? Where do you begin you adoption story? These seem like simple questions, and there is a simple answer – you create a great adoption profile that connects you to an expectant parent exploring adoption for her child . Yes, but HOW do you create an adoption profile? For some adoptive families, it’s just a matter of “doing”; Sitting down at a computer to create a family “summary” that contains... Read Full Story
Ethiopia faces a famine and healthcare crisis that has orphaned over 5 million children. Professional photographer Tyler Stableford volunteered to film this documentary for the child-welfare agency Wide Horizons For Children, which works to empower Ethiopia's hardest-hit communities. The video is a pro bono project by: Crispin Porter + Bogusky; Coupe Studios Music and Sound Design; Fletcher Wilson, M.D.; song "Home" by Bole 2 Harlem; song "African Rhythm" by Eddie Alonso; songs "Mbria... Read Full Story
What are the key elements to successful adoptive parenting. Join us for our discussion with Sherrie Eldridge, author of the new book, Twenty Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed.
adoption | adoptive parenting | international adoption | foster care adoption | transracial adoption Read Full Story
Transracial adoption is a source of controversy. Some feel that youngsters should be adopted by a family in which one parent is of the the same ethnicity as the child in order to encourage positive racial identity and self-esteem. Others believe that the love for a child is the most important thing and the race of the child should have no bearing on the selection of an adoptive family.
If you are certain that this type of adoption is the one for you and your family, and you proceed with... Read Full Story
DUBLIN, Ohio, July 1, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption announced today a total of $7,750,000 United States grants issued this year, including $7,223,000 from Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, the Foundation’s signature program. In addition, $594,700 was awarded to Wendy’s Wonderful Kids grantees in Canada. The remaining $480,000 in U.S. grants provided critical funds to qualified national organizations aggressively working to move children from foster... Read Full Story
One of our adoption forum members brought this to our attention yesterday. Legislation increasing financial transparency during the adoption process to prevent the extortion of adoptive families gained the approval of the Oklahoma House of Representatives this week.
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 16, 2009) – Both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and state Senate voted today to increase financial transparency during the adoption process and prevent crooked lawyers from extorting adoptive... Read Full Story
I believe the last paragraph is the most interesting statements that this article is sharing with it's audience. I won't even make you scroll down to read it!
"Indeed, Nightlight Christian Adoptions, which runs one of the largest "embryo-adoption" services in the country, says its program has resulted in 194 births over the last decade. Another large program, the five-year-old National Embryo Donation Center, has logged nearly 100."
These numbers say to me that Embryo Adoption/Donation... Read Full Story
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April 10, 2009
With nearly 600,000 children in the foster care system in North America, international adoption raises a few eyebrows.
By Janine Theriault, Staff Writer
Vietnam suspended adoptions to the US last year because of concerns over child trafficking... Read Full Story
Adoptive Families Magazine has composed a fantastic outline that describes the adoption laws for all 50 states. The information regarding each state includes, “when after birth can consent be given, when does consent become irrevocable, what birthparent expenses may be paid, can adopters advertise to birthparents, can out-of-state residents finalize an adoption and is there a putative father registry?” This information is helpful for those considering an independent adoption or an agency... Read Full Story
Big news! My mother wrote away for my nonidentifying birth records (the court documents that were prepared surrounding my adoption that have all the important details like names, addresses, etc. blacked out). They arrived in the mail last week. Hearing my mother read them to me over the phone was a surreal experience. As I have told many a friend, I learned more about myself in thirty minutes than I have in 39 years. I also discovered that I likely look just like my birth father, whose... Read Full Story
