Thursday, September 1, 2011

Risk Factors for Adoption Disruption/Dissolution

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Interesting paper from the University of Minnesota, identifying child risk factors, adoptive family risk factors and placement agency risk ...

As if raising girls isn't hard enough. . .

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As a new mom looking for a meeting-Santa outfit for my 13-month-old, I was SHOCKED at how sexualized little girl dresses were.  I kept thin...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Nature v. Nurture Debate to Adoptees

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From the Independent, Who Made Me What I Am?, by an adult adoptee: Last week, as I sat in a queue at a petrol station wondering why every...
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Love and Legislation: The International Politics of Inter-country Adoption

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That's a title of this post from the Carnegie Council, self-dubbed "The Voice for Ethics in International Affairs."  Wow, I w...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Between Power and Weakness: U.S. v. Guatemala

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An essay at Huffington Post  by Jacob Wheeler, author of Between Light and Shadow: A Guatemalan Girl's Journey Through Adoption , react...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

It's Planned Parenthood's Fault

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What isn't these days, right?  But I'm referencing a blog post at Family Research Council blaming Planned Parenthood for the "...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Genes Trump Lifestyle in Coronary Disease

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Well, here's a good argument for knowing your biological family: It has long been known that hereditary factors play a role in coronar...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen!

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OK, I bet this is something we can all chime in on -- what were your never-gonna-happen parenting moments that rapidly fell by the wayside? ...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Transracial Adoption Research -- Nothing New

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Everyone and their brother has been forwarding, tweeting and facebook-posting this recent article, Trans-Racial Adoption:  Research Shows Po...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Made in China = POS

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OK, I've gone on record before as disliking the "Made in China" reference to China adoptees: [I] have long had a strong disl...
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Returning a Child to Get Him the Help He Needs

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From the Seattle Times : Deb and Doug Carlsons' adopted sons have trashed bedrooms, stolen credit cards and threatened to kill them. On...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

TIME: Baby-Selling Scam Focuses Attention on Surrogacy

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TIME publishes more on the San Diego baby-selling ring: Court documents lay out a plan that Erickson and Chambers came up with six years ...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Malta: Unborn Baby Trafficking

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I posted about the Philippines side of the equation here, and now here is the Malta side of it : The police, Department for Social Welfare...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Father "never going to give up" seeking custody of adopted-out daughter

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy From the Today Show , the case of the Virginia father whose chi...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Trafficking in Unborn Babies

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No, I'm not talking about the San Diego baby-selling ring , though it would be an apt title for that egregious episode.  This is out of ...
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The Exotification Factor in Transracial Adoption

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From an adult adoptee at the Huffington Post : In an August 15, 2011, story for The Atlanta Post, "Unraveling the Black Adoption Myths...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Adoption or Abduction?

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The print edition of Arise Magazine asked, "Should non-Africans be allowed to adopt African children? This controversial question kick...
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Good Morning America on Baby-Selling Ring

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Good Morning America addresses the recent baby-selling scandal .
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

China: Adoption measures to be tightened

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According to China Daily : The government is toughening rules to tackle the scourge of child trafficking, including making orphanages the o...
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Unraveling Black Adoption Myths

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From the Atlanta Post : Adoption. At first glance it’s just another word in the dictionary. But its power is vested in the weight of the wo...