Posted in Ethics, Experiences, In The News on Nov 20th, 2007 10 Comments »
This contribution is republished from the November 2007 Welcome House newsletter, with permission. Thank you, Leonette, for allowing us to share this wonderfully balanced insight into the state of adoption in Vietnam right now! ~ VVAI
By Leonette Boiarski, Welcome House® Director
Children at Nha Trang Orphanage.
In October, I had the pleasure of visiting Vietnam. Over the [...]
Posted in Experiences on Nov 13th, 2007 51 Comments »
The following commentary is written by Tracy, an adoptive parent of two children.
I was a PLAN family, I try not to say that very often because 1) I don’t think it’s relevant to most of what I post and 2) in many peoples eyes it automatically discredits anything I am about to say. I am [...]
Posted in Experiences on Oct 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
Written by Dianna Brodine, a Prospective Adoptive Parent who is traveling to Vietnam to adopt in early November.
What responsibility does the AP (or long-time PAP) have to educate new PAPs?
Even before I open this dialogue with you, I should explain that 20 months ago I was one of ‘those’ PAPs. We had talked about adopting [...]
Posted in Experiences, Tools & Resources on Oct 20th, 2007 48 Comments »
Nicki and I have received several comments, on the blog and privately, suggesting it was a mistake to post the guest commentary about a corrupt facilitator in Vietnam. That it was, in fact, irresponsible for us to do so. There are concerns that the source or the information is unverified. Or that we should have [...]
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