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The Adoption Process, Disabled Children In an introductory article, I described the three flavors of adoption: foreign, domestic infant, and older child. As an adopting parent, you must decide which approach is right for you, because they differ markedly in process and outcome. Foreign adoptions involve issues of immigration and...
The Thalassemias
Introduction The thalassemias are a group of red blood cell disorders that cause anemia. Thalassemias derives from the Greek word thalassemia, which means anemia of the sea. These disorders are prevalent among populations living along the Mediterranean Sea. However, African and Asian people can...
A Parent's Guide to Adoption Disruption and Dissolution - Introduction What To Do When Your Adoption is Failing - Introduction One of the saddest - and most controversial - occurrences in the world of adoption is when adoptive parents feel compelled to disrupt or dissolve an adoption. Views surrounding disruption and dissolution are widely divided. Many...
The Older Child and Second Language Acquisition Before traveling to China, many new parents struggle to learn a few words of Chinese. Some want to speak with the Chinese people they will meet and some want to communicate with their new child. But the bottom line is that Chinese is not an easy language to learn and it can prove quite frustrating....
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School Musicals and Homeland Visits February 17, 2012, 12:57 pm
My Chinese-born daughter has been cast as an orphan in a school production of "Annie." She sings the songs until they are constantly cycling through my head. "No one cares for you a smidge when you're in an orphanage," she sings. "Empty belly life. Dirty smelly life."
The other members of...
Advocating April 23, 2012, 6:18 am
A couple of weeks ago we had the ARD meeting to set my son's educational plan . At the meeting, we set an uneasy goal to send "The Captain" on to kindergarten next year. I left unsettled.
As the next week or two went by, I began to worry. The Captain was struggling at school. He was...
Walk Alike, Talk Alike March 7, 2012, 7:56 am
This is where I will officially cross the line and some of you will begin to think/realize I am crazy. Yesterday at dinner, the Blitz (age 2) had a dinner-time breakdown when he thought I was getting stuff onto his plate too slowly. To my older children I said, "Isn't that sweet? He looks and...
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CASA issues....anyone else? April 25, 2012, 11:56 am Am I the ONLY person here that cant stand CASA? Total and complete anger towards them right now and I have to say this is a deciding factor in us taking older children in the future.
I feel sick right now as I opened my mouth and inserted my foot right in it when talking with the director and may...
Children Available NOW April 9, 2012, 5:33 pm Summer 2012 Bridge of Hope
Hosting Program for Russian Children
What is Bridge of Hope? Bridge of Hope (BOH) is a hosting program providing a critical opportunity for older Russian orphans searching for homes and love to find permanent adoptive families. Through BOH, children will spend...
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Advice needed on sensitively seeking birth families May 4, 2012, 5:51 am I am seeking advice from birth parents who were involved in closed adoptions, perhaps even those that happened many years ago. I live in a country where adoption is very strictly closed. Children always must spend at least a few months in an orphanage before they can be adopted. Birth parents must...
Bmom's parents warning against open adoption May 11, 2012, 8:46 am We were matched with a wonderful bmom a few months ago and she has been great. She has been buying gifts for us and our older children and she generally seems like a really caring, stable young woman.
She has an older child who lives with her parents. I met the bmom's parents for the first time...
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Madhu's Story: Part 1: Expectations In 1995, when I was maybe 10 years old, I was adopted from an orphanage in India by my Australian family. In November 2001 my Mum and I spent a month touring my homeland. It was...
The Blessings of a Scar A scar is the signature of a painful event in the life of the body. A reminder that informs us that we are not always in control of our lives. I have many scars. My hands have tiny scars, caused by...
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