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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Megan's Birthday Tree: A Story About Open Adoption
 Not bad.: Laurie Lears, Megan's Birthday Tree (Albert Whitman and Co., 2005) Well-written adoption story about an adopted child's relationship with her birth mother. When Megan was born, her birth mother, Kendra, planted a tree, and Kendra sends Megan a [... more]
$15.95
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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]
Bella Online |
Megan's Birthday Tree: A Story about Open Adoption
Megan's Birthday Tree: A Story about Open Adoption [... more]
$2.04
A1 Books |
More Common Adoption Myths - Adoption
Myth: All birth parents are bad people. Some birth parents, especially of children from state foster care systems, do have social issues and/or problems that prevent them from providing acceptable parenting to their children. However, the ... [... more]
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More Adoption Day Celebrations - Adoption
The Arizona towns of Prescott and Phoenix celebrations have celebrations scheduled for November 18. The Yavapai County celebration in Prescott begins at 8:30 a.m. and will include a variety of activities such as face painting, games, and clowns ... [... 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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Talk Show to Feature A Birth Mother's Perspective on ...
You don't want to miss Tuesday morning's Let's Talk Adoption, a radio talk show hosted by Mardie Caldwell. Coley Strickland, a birth mother who chose adoption, will be Tuesday's guest. As a birth mom mentor and advocate, Coley's experience ... [... more]
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Allison Quets Enters Guilty Plea - Adoption
According to the law, each count Ms. Quets faces carries a maximum of three years. Since she has already served the minimum, it's quite possible that she may not serve any additional prison time. The kidnapping of the then 17-month-old toddlers ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Open Adoption: My Story of Love and Laughter
Open Adoption: My Story of Love and Laughter [... more]
$6.70
A1 Books |
Open Adoption: My Story of Love and Laughter
Disappointing to see that it's not about open adoption!: I ordered this book expecting to hear a happy story about open adoption...instead what I received was a rambling account of a semi-open adoption. Somehow Ann has the mistaken, self-serving notion [... more]
$6.95
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Arms Wide Open: An Insight into Open Adoption
A must-read for anyone considering open adoption: As an adoptive mom, I have experienced open adoption firsthand. As an active volunteer in a crisis pregnancy center and adoption agency, I have seen many open adoptions from the birthmother's side of [... more]
$12.49
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