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Many prospective adoptive parents sign on with an adoption agency without doing any research at all as to their reputation and ethical practices. Especially regarding International adoption, this is a grave oversight. Read More |
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 Still Deciding? FREE SPECIAL REPORT: Is international adoption for you?
RESULTS OF OUR PREVIOUS POLLS:
Posted March 1, 2005:
"I have integrated a part of my child's birthname into the name
that I have given him/her."
Votes: 57
Yes: 87.5%
No: 12.5%
Posted September 15, 2005:
“I am 100% positive that my adoption was completely ethical”
Votes: 34
Yes: 47%
No: 52.9%
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Welcome to International Adoption News! I hope that you enjoy
and find helpful our latest articles.
What we as adoptive parents
can do to help educate the teachers of our children about issues
facing children of international adoption
By Ellen Fitzenrider
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The awareness of my own ignorance of adoption terminology came
in 2001 when I had a run-in with none other than Adam Pertman
himself, Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute.
I had just started looking into the process of adoption from Vietnam,
and was joining newsgroups, reading books and making connections.
Well, I shouldn’t say ‘run-in’, as Adam was nothing but coolness
itself as he bluntly corrected my innocent query at a book signing
here in Norfolk, Virginia. We had been discussing the open adoption
of his two children, and, I don’t know how I started my sentence,
but found it going down a road where I knew I was in trouble.
My mind began searching for the right word ahead of my mouth (have
you ever done that?). I was talking about parents who relinquish
children for adoption and knew enough to choke on ‘real’ parent,
but what came out was ‘natural’ parent, as I had nothing else
in my repertoire of words that fit just right.
Read More...
Why prospective adoptive parents should
be concerned about ethics in international adoption
By Ellen Fitzenrider
Last Spring our site content focused on ethical issues in International
Adoption, from whether photolistings are a positive or negative
past of our community to our first live on-line chat with Judith
Mosley, one of the adoptive parents featured on the March 2?,
2005 edition of ABC’s 20/20 covering Cambodian Adoption fraud.
Our poll for the season carried along the theme, with our question
to visitors being “I am 100% sure that my adoption was completely
ethical.”
Read More...
Feb. 7, 2008
Planning an Event For Your Child’s Class
By Ellen Fitzenrider
Last year, I coordinated with my daughter’s preschool, and we had an entire
morning’s event that the children loved. The director said that
it was the best parent-initiated event that they had ever had!
With a little planning and creativity, and not too much money,
you can pull it off too. There are lots of places online to get
ideas, and I think that a good formula for a morning is to plan
a story, a craft, food for a snack and a parade. I spent about
$65, but many items are left over to use again this year, and
included extra books for the school to keep for their library.
Learn more...
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