Monday, September 7, 2009

Dinosaur Train: New PBS Kids Show With Adoption Themes

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The girls actually slept late this holiday morning -- 8:45 a.m., believe it or not! When I wandered into the family room a few minutes later...
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Happy Labor Day

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I came across this post discussing the origins of Labor Day, which identified the late 1800s as the start of Labor Day, with over half of ...
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Sunday, September 6, 2009

"China Doll"

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I suspect we've all heard it -- someone "complimenting" our child by saying she looks just like a "China doll." We...
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Love, Abandonment Style

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A must-read, an absolutely beautifully written post about love and the effects of abandonment, from an adult Korean adoptee, at the Land of ...
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Friday, September 4, 2009

Unicef Report: Child Trafficking in E & SE Asia

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The latest Unicef report, Reversing the Trend : Child Trafficking in East and Southeast Asia , focuses on China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysi...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

Sisters Forever

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Zoe drew this sweet picture at school today -- she and Maya hugging, with the names of cities in China we've visited around them, Maya...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

How the Media Gets It Wrong

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New blog, catchily titled, Adopt-a-Tude , with a strong first post on how the media gets adoption wrong: I love Angelina Jolie. She's th...
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Radio Links

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From NPR's Tell Me More, 'Oriental': Rugs, Not People: It's an adjective that used to describe rugs, not people. That's ...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Ancestry and Adoption

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OK, this is going to be a disjointed and tentative post, since I'm still trying to think through this issue. I'm also stymied on the...
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Monday, August 31, 2009

"Let's Play Adoption"

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From Adoptive Families Magazine archives, " Let's Play Adoption :" I smiled and listened closely as I overheard my daughter, L...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Gay Adoption and International Comity

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In 2004, I wrote a law review article about international adoption and international comity, which is the requirement that governments recog...
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

"Chinese Eyes" Again

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We went out for ice cream after dinner tonight, and triggered by the almonds in her Rocky Road ice cream, Zoe said, "At lunch the othe...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Terminating an Adoption: Will the Real Anita Tedaldi Please Stand Up?

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That NYT blog piece by Anita Tedaldi about her disrupted adoption? Well, she wrote this article, We Can't Trade In Our Children or Husb...
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"A little Beyonce"

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I got my hair cut the other day, and a little girl was also having her hair done. She was African-American, a real cutie, around 4 years ol...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Update: Harper Scruggs is Home

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I blogged before about the story of Harper, whose adoptive parents left her in China when she could not get a visa to enter the U.S. becaus...

More about Ponyo

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I posted before that after watching Ponyo , Maya said, “It was just like adoption!” I saw more differences than similarities to adoption, s...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

"Terminating an Adoption"

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In the unfortunately-named NYTimes parenting blog , Adventures in Parenting , another adoptive mom tells of a disrupted adoption: Five or si...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

New Blog Gadgets

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I've added a few features to the blog that will hopefully make it more user-friendly: Labels: I've finally gotten around to labeling...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Another Country, Not My Own

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Thought-provoking article in the Boston Globe , by Mei-Ling Hopgood, adult adoptee from Taiwan and author of Lucky Girl : Today, almost all ...
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Have you REALLY told her she's adopted?

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In the old days , social workers advised adoptive parents to keep the adoption a secret. The conventional wisdom today is that children need...
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