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In a 2002 documentary about an adult adoptee that reunites with her birth family in VietNam (“Daughter from Danang”), we learn how troublesome different expectations between adoptees and...
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August 2013 Due Date (Fertility)
Did anyone else have the MaterniT21 test done? We had the test done and got our results back in February, but we haven't gotten a bill yet. It was processed through our insurance and according to the EOB we will have a balance to pay them. How long...
Did anyone else have the MaterniT21 test done? We had the test done and got our results back in February, but we haven't gotten a bill yet. It was processed through our insurance and according to the EOB we will have a balance to pay them. How long...
Email: are you ready yet? (Foster Care & Adoption)
Our agency requires that we take a 6 month break after adoption to "settle in." Well, five months in, they call and ask, "are you ready yet???" Like we were the ones telling them to wait. So we say, sure, give us until May and...
Our agency requires that we take a 6 month break after adoption to "settle in." Well, five months in, they call and ask, "are you ready yet???" Like we were the ones telling them to wait. So we say, sure, give us until May and...
Who watches kids during PATH classes / training? (Foster Care & Adoption)
Quote: Originally Posted by Kat-L You should start the search now because a babysitter will have to be background checked once you have foster kids. Just to be clear, not all states require babysitters to be...
Quote: Originally Posted by Kat-L You should start the search now because a babysitter will have to be background checked once you have foster kids. Just to be clear, not all states require babysitters to be...
RAD and lying.... (Foster Care & Adoption)
Quote: Originally Posted by fosteringlove I really think this is more an age thing...although no doubt kids who have been through some sort of trauma in their lives probably take every phase and magnify it 1000 X! I've read...
Quote: Originally Posted by fosteringlove I really think this is more an age thing...although no doubt kids who have been through some sort of trauma in their lives probably take every phase and magnify it 1000 X! I've read...
Continuation --Confusing Possible First Placement (Foster Care & Adoption)
Quote: Originally Posted by MountainMommy I have some concerns. If I was on the path to adoption, and developed cancer, my first thought wouldn't be to get rid of my kids. I'd treat them as if they were already adopted and make...
Quote: Originally Posted by MountainMommy I have some concerns. If I was on the path to adoption, and developed cancer, my first thought wouldn't be to get rid of my kids. I'd treat them as if they were already adopted and make...
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Bill & Deanna (WA)
We have so much love to give to a child! After 11 years of marriage, we're as stable and silly as they come and excited to grow our family through adoption. We hope to hear from... [more]
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Kids raising kids: Jackson County teen pregnancy...
While the number of pregnant teens in Jackson County has declined over the years, the county still...
About 500 people, representing 37 states, gathered Friday in Washington, D.C., for the "Step...
Kids raising kids: Jackson County teen pregnancy...
While the number of pregnant teens in Jackson County has declined over the years, the county still...
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