Sunday, November 6, 2011

Puss in Boots, Orphan

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Zoe wanted to see Puss in Boots for her birthday, so off we go.  I knew there would be orphan themes, given the inclusion of the movie in J...
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Almost 11!

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Tomorrow is Zoe's birthday!  Tonight we had a small celebration with friends and family after Chinese School.  It was Zoe's choice o...
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Friday, November 4, 2011

Joan Didion: Adoptive Parent

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This review of  Blue Nights , Joan Didion's memoir of her daughter's death, excerpts some parts of the book about the adoption of Q...
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Children's Movies Have Too Many Orphans

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So says Jeff Alexander at Time Magazine , with the tag line, "Parental separation makes for a great plot point, but try telling that to...
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Why We Tell the Truth

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At Salon's advice column, Since You Asked , an adoptive mother essentially asks for permission NOT to tell her child she's adopted: ...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Wary of International Adoption

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From Christianity Today's Her.meneutics blog , the blogger shares her experience of signing on with an adoption agency just before it wa...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

"Child of my own"

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Zoe had her first experience of that phrase, "child of my own," that people use to mean biological children and to distinguish bio...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween from the two cutest '50s girls in the world!  Mimi made their skirts, and they just love them.  Zoe is sure she can wear...
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Korea: Should overseas adoption continue?

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That's the question asked by the Korea Herald , and they offer both pro and con arguments: YES:Homeless kids deserve a better chance I...

LGBT Adoption: Every Child Deserves a Family Act

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From the Advocate : Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York introduced legislation Friday that would help almost half a million children in...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

The Centralia Orphans Chime In

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Remember that post a while back about the Centralia ( Ohio Illinois -- thanks for the correction, commenter) High School with the mascot n...
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The wish to deny the facts

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I liked this blog post  (as always, read the whole thing!) about adoptive parents' persistent denials about trafficking in adoption from...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

Pumpkin Patch!

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 The girls were out of school on this chilly (well, chilly for Texas!) but beautiful Friday, so we headed to the pumpkin patch.  They had a ...
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Sensitivity to Adoption in the Classroom

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On Twitter, I found this link to a blog for the Master of Arts in Teaching program at USC, with a student, who is also an adoptive parent, ...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Reunion for Kidnapped Child

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I've posted before about Carlina White, kidnapped from a New York hospital at 19 days old and raised by the alleged kidnapper. New York...
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A Korean Adoptee's Plea to Parents

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This article, Cultural Citizenship, Not Colorblindness ,printed in the Korean Quarterly and shared at the Korean Focus website, is especiall...
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China: Black Market Babies

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The Atlantic has a piece up on adoption corruption in China, leading off with the story of babies confiscated by birth planning authoritie...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Native American Children & Foster Care

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NPR is doing a three-part series on American Indian children in foster care in.  From Part I , broadcast yesterday: The Indian Child Welfa...
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More About "Cole Babies"

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I've posted before about the Cole Babies -- "infants delivered by Coral Gables-based naturopathic physician Dr. Katherine Cole, wh...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

More Adoptions From Foster Care Than Internationally? Always

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The Denver Post reports that "most kids adopted by U.S. families now come from the child-welfare system" as if that's someth...