Friday, September 28, 2012

Charity Begins at Home: Adoption Tax Credit

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OK, as you know, I can't stand equating adoption and charity, but the author of the article titled it thus; the Family Law Prof blog rep...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

School/Health Issues for Adopted Kids

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More on that study I posted about yesterday , this one from U.S. News & World Report : A school project that requires a baby photo, cl...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Pediatricians Need to Support Adoptive Families

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From Medicalxpress : As more children are adopted each year, pediatricians must be knowledgeable about adoption issues and model positive ...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Adopting a Kid, Not a Cause

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From the Her.meneutics blog at Christianity Today: There are three bad things that happen when we emphasize the missional aspects of adop...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Adoptive Parents: We Are the 47%

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There's been a lot of talk this election season about people depending on the government for handouts, culminating in the recent comme...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

"Falsified Adoption" from South Korea

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Interesting story , though why the headline is "falsified adoption" rather than "adoption trafficking" is anybody's ...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

Adopting Children/Adopting Pets

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A writer recounts a conversation with preschoolers who only know about adoption as something that happens to pets: Months ago I went to a...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

DYI Adoption

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From the Wall Street Journal The Juggle (juggling work & family) blog: Get a lawyer, set up a website, create an advertising budget. ...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Family Secrets

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That's the title of a fascinating and troubling article in Open Magazine focusing on the searches of international adoptees from India ...
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Sunday, September 9, 2012

First U.S. Couple Adopts Under New Guatemalan Adoption Law

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Widely reported AP story about the first U.S. couple to adopt under the new Guatemalan adoption law, put in place after the scandals that e...
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Subsidies as Incentives for Adoption

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From ScienceBlog.com : The structure of a federal program that provides monthly subsidies to promote the adoptions of special needs child...
Monday, September 3, 2012

The Death of the Traditional Family?

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Interesting piece at Salon : If you want what’s best for your kids, one surefire way to provide them with a healthy, happy home is to make...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Lesbian Couple Challenging Adoption Ban in Michigan

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This article from the Detroit News summarizes the arguments in a case filed in Michigan by a lesbian couple raising three children but barr...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

US: Exporting Babies

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A reminder from Mirah Riben, who blogs at  Family Preservation Advocate , that the U.S. is both a sending and receiving nation in internati...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Inequality in Inheritance Rights of Adopted Persons

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I'm teaching Adoption Law this term, and it's always interesting to cover the history of adoption with the students who tend to have...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

Adopting Out the Children of Illegal Immigrants IV

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I wish this wasn't a continuing series, but you can read part I , part II and part III here.  And now another entry, from the Washingt...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Disney Show Jessie Celebrates Gotcha Day

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I mentioned last year about this time that Disney Channel was debuting a show about Jessie, nanny to a family with 4 children, 3 of whom we...
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Another Adoptive Parent Tells Adoptees How They Should Feel

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A new documentary, Somewhere Between , that follows teen Chinese adoptees, is generating disparate reactions. This New York Times review  de...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

My Article Has Been Accepted!

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I am delighted to report that I've found a home for my article, 16 and Pregnant: Minors' Consent to Abortion and Adoption.  It wil...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Study on Effects of Past Adoption Experiences

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The Australian Institute of Family Studies has just released its final report from a study about the post-adoption service needs of those i...
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