Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Surrogacy or Adoption? Which is Best?

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This article weighs in on the debate, Surrogacy or Adoption?  Which is Best ?: The debate between surrogacy or adoption is won by the benef...
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Families, Not Orphanages

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This report, Families, Not Orphanages , from Better Care Network, which is affiliated with Unicef and USAID, assails institutional care for ...
Monday, October 4, 2010

Who adopts black children?

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Really?  "Mostly white people" adopt black children?  I would hazard to guess that  more African-American parents have adopted Af...
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Sunday, October 3, 2010

What's wrong with rescuing orphans?

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Not a single thing.  We all want orphans rescued from war, poverty, illness, famine, corrupt & totalitarian governments, gender inequali...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Talking to the Teacher about Race

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You've likely had the "back to school adoption talk" with your child's teacher by now.  But have you had the race talk?  T...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Cowboy Junkies: Alt-Country via Beijing Opera

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This review of the latest offering from the adoption-and-China-connected group Cowboy Junkies is really interesting: If Beijing Opera isn...

Profile of Mei Magazine

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Thought y'all might enjoy this newspaper profile of Mei Magazine: Traci Wright admits that she and her husband, Paul, were a little na...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Frogs

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I've linked before to short-short fiction by Tai Dong Huai, an adult Chinese adoptee (see here (referencing the "Going Home Barbie...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

In Blind Pursuit of Racial Equality

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As if we needed more proof that the "colorblind" approach to race and racism doesn't work, this study : "Colorblindness...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Underage Mothers Consenting to Adoption

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According to Jane Jeong Trenka, this report (in Korean, and Google Translate doesn't help much) is about the new adoption law revision ...
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

21 Guidelines for Adoption

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From the Beacon Herald of Canada: Putting the needs of children and families first and acting in culturally appropriate ways that respect ...
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Saturday, September 25, 2010

New Adoption-Themed Movie: Like Dandelion Dust

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Like Dandelion Dust hit theaters yesterday, though it's been around the film festival circuit for about a year now.  Has anyone seen it...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

A newborn adoption disrupted

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So many disruption stories are about older child adoption and/or international adoption.  Here's one in the Chicago Tribune about a fam...
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Lessons for Social Workers

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From Social Work Today mag, a piece about the lessons social workers can learn from the Russian adoption debacle where adoptive mom Tory-An...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

How Did You Celebrate?

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We had a fun Autumn Moon Festival  celebration last night.  Because of after-school activities we couldn't start until after 7 p.m., so...
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Hard Truths of Some Adoptions

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From the Motherlode blog at the New York Times, Lisa Belkin introduces a post from KJ Dell’Antonia about adopting kids who already have a f...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival!

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Cool, huh?  That's a mooncake mold!   You can see many others at a wonderful cake site, tpcalcake .
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Talk About Rescue Mentality!

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This tweet from a prospective adoptive parent: Leaving on a mission to free an orphan. Sweet daughter your family is on their way, only a ...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Close Encounters of the Intrusive Kind

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We've all experienced it -- intrusive, uncomfortable questions or behavior directed toward our transracially adopted children.  Here are...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Wait For the Punch Line

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From the Joplin Globe : A Missouri couple is trying to get their 10 adopted children back, but they stand accused of making some of those c...
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