Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Adopt a Chinese Baby, Move to China

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CNNgo reports on adoptive families who are "prolonging 'root-seeking tours' into long-term stays in China for their adopted c...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Indian Adoption Project

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This article at Indian Country Today discusses the First Nations Repatriation Institute’s second annual adult adoptees summit, and includes...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

A Verdict in the "Ultimate Disruption"

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After a slew of adoption disruption stories in the news, I posted the story of Kairissa Mark, a 4-year-old, 21-pound, special-needs adoptee ...
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Separation/Institutionalization Cause Genetic Changes

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MedicalXpress reports on a study of institutionalized children: Published online in the current issue of Development and Psychopathology ...
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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Twice-Abandoned Triplets Feel Artyom's Pain

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Wow.  What a story -- now-adult triplets adopted from a Latvian orphanage by an American, and returned there, alone on an airplane, just li...
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Sisters of Charity Investigated for Adoption Trafficking

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The Sisters of Charity, known best for their most famous sister, Mother Teresa, has been accused (and one nun actually arrested and jailed...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

17-year-old's adoption story

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A nicely-done story (though why all these one-sentence paragraphs?!) of the adoption of a 17-year-old, reported by the Rio Grande Valley Mon...
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Friday, December 2, 2011

Colombia blocks gay father from taking legally adopted sons to U.S.

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From Colombia Reports : Colombian authorities have denied a U.S. journalist the right to bring home two young Colombian boys he had legall...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

An Adopted Not-Adopted Child

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The New York Times publishes the obituary of Judy Lewis, biological child of Loretta Young and Cary Grant, but who was passed off as the ad...
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Podcast: Exposing Corruption in International Adoption

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At the Chronicle of Philanthropy , a 20-minute podcast described as follows: Tiny Spark is new podcast on the business of doing good. The...
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South Korea Adoption: Two Articles

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Two interesting articles out recently: From the AsiaSentinal, South Korea's Baby Mill : Despite having one of the world’s lowest bir...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Missing Limbs, Empty Boxes

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Zoe's class did a project about family in their Religion workbooks yesterday.  They were to fill out a family tree form -- mother'...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Little Dragon Tales: Chinese Children's Songs

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Shanghai Restoration Project has a new album, downloadable from iTunes and Amazon, Little Dragon Tales:  Chinese Children's Songs . ...
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This is What National Adoption Month is Really About

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It isn't about getting a healthy, white newborn as quickly as you can, or about adopting from China or Ethiopia or Haiti or Russia. Not ...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Review: Finding Fernanda

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The Christian Science Monitor reviews Erin Seigal's book, Finding Fernanda , about Guatemalan adoption corruption: This well-research...
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The Bad Economy's Effect on Adoption Placement?

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From the Oklahoman : Nationwide, about 134,000 domestic adoptions were reported in 2007, according to the most recent figures available fr...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Obese Child Removed from Family & Placed in Foster Care

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Remember a couple of months ago the story from England  of children being removed from their parents and placed for adoption because they we...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Pax Visits With Biological Grandmother in Vietnam

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According to US Weekly : During a recent family trip to Vietnam -- the first since Angelina Jolie adopted Pax from an orphanage near Ho Ch...
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When is Enough Enough?

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The Chicago Tribune writes about a family with 14 children, 6 adopted from Africa, who want to adopt more but can't get approval from t...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

New Christmas Ornaments!

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Our only "Black Friday" shopping today was for Christmas ornaments.  First stop, Hallmark, a longstanding tradition, for each gi...
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