Posted in Ethics, Experiences on May 19th, 2007 3 Comments »
I think it is really important to read first hand accounts of other parents’ recent experiences. It is one thing to read about what might happen but it really drives it home as a real viable risk when it has happened to other families out there.
A reader recently posted this story in the comments section and, [...]
Posted in Ethics on May 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
Recently I’ve started thinking about the issue of older children, special needs children and other hard to place orphans and how these adoptions mesh with adoption integrity.
Often times I will hear about a child who has become available through a less-than-reputable agency and it pulls at my heartstrings. And it brings up some issues for [...]
Posted in Ethics, The Process on May 16th, 2007 8 Comments »
Back in 2000-2001 when we decided to adopt internationally, we chose China for all the reasons thousands of people adopt from China every year … the one child policy resulting in thousands of baby girls waiting in orphanges, the streamlined, centralized, time-tested process, etc. Then as the wait to referral stretched to 14 months just [...]
Posted in Ethics on May 7th, 2007 7 Comments »
For those who don’t know, an NOID stands for “Notice of Intent to Deny” and they are given by the US Embassy when there is a decision to deny a newly adopted child their US-entry Visa, essentially creating a situation where the parents can not leave Vietnam with their newly adopted (in the eyes of [...]
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