New Adoption Scam Database - Adoption
Two adoptive moms have joined forces to at least slow down adoption fraud in our country. Lynne Banks is the South Dakota representative to the American Adoption Congress, and Kelly Kiser-Mostrom is a Sonya Furlow survivor and author of The ... [... more]
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Attachment Issues - Adoption
Attachment problems and disorders are one of the greatest obstacles facing families after they have made it home. Many children have been bounced around foster homes or orphanages more times then they can remember and connect the reality of ... [... more]
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Special Needs Adoption - Adoption
Adoption in itself is one of the greatest gifts. It gives to all sides. The child, the family, and the community all benefit. In some cases however that truth expands beyond the family, beyond the friends, beyond the local community, and on to ... [... more]
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Search and Reunion - Consider This First - Adoption
First of all, prepare yourself for all possible issues resulting from your search. You can do this by reading about adoption in general, relinquishment, search, and reunion. Don't forget to read about the experiences of others who have already ... [... more]
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Dasha: Orphans in Mental Institutions - Adoption
I am late writing this article. I am fully aware of this and I do greatly apologize. It has also been pointed out that there is a lack of content for birth parents - stay tuned it will come. I experienced what I consider a personal loss today, ... [... more]
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Adoptee Rights - Adoption
Today I am going to write about something that I believe is a huge injustice to every adoptee. This has to do with a very basic piece of paper that we non adoptee's take for granted, but that adoptee's will often never have the privilege of ... [... more]
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GLBT Adoption - Adoption
I have again found my self struggling with what to write on this site, not for lack of idea's adoption is something I could talk for years about but because recently I have been made to feel unwelcome in my own adoption community. My stance on ... [... more]
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Ukrainian Adoption - Adoption
For the first time Ukrainian domestic adoptions have outnumbered domestic adoption. This is a huge step in the right direction for this country but it does leave many families coming home empty handed. In fact at this point (and really for the ... [... more]
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Should Open Adoption Be Legally Enforceable? - Adoption
Some adamantly supported it, while others were strongly opposed. Both sides brought up some very good points to ponder. Those supporting legally enforcing open adoption agreements appear to do so out of concern over hopeful adoptive parents ... [... more]
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Reactive Attachment Disorder - Adoption
Attachment disorders are an unforatunate reality for children who have grown up in instituation settings or in various homes through out their entire young lives. The reality is that one third of children who do not attach to someone in the first ... [... more]
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Warning! Possible Adoption Scam Attempts Circulating Via ...
One writer claimed to be from Nigeria, another from China. Both e-mails were very similar in that they stated they were a parent looking for an adoptive home in which to place a young child. There was also a request for money. I see red flags all ... [... more]
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Internationally Adopting Children Over 16 - Adoption
An orphan as defined by the United States Government (Travel.state.gov) must meet the following criteria: The child must have no parents, either through death or abandonment or have parents who are unable to care for the child in question. It is ... [... more]
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