Blogs1 - 10 of 198 recent posts for tag:"adoptive parents"
22
Nov
2009
Adoption: Groan in my heart and the total bitter truth

1 hour ago by osolomama

This is not about My Lil’ Guatling, but something like it. It’s my own lil’ Guatling. Like your own lil’ Waterloo. Last week, it got me kicked off an adoptive-parent list. Admittedly, ignoring all Internet etiquette I shot my mouth off in another forum and someone learned my take on things. My comme ...

O Solo Mama - osolomama.wordpress.com · Rank: 51,132 · 24 references

21
Nov
2009
If I Adopt An Adult Will Their Children Legally Be My Grandchildren?

1 day ago by Familycentrics

I placed my daughter for adoption 22 yrs ago. We recently reunited and she would like me to adopt her. It is legal in my state. If I do will her children legally be my grandchildren? Also what becomes of…

Familycentrics - familycentrics.com · 2 references

19
Nov
2009
Picking Parents

3 days ago by Joy

I’ve always been something of an early bird, my eyes popping open shortly after the sun comes up, even on Saturday. Pregnancy didn’t change that, but now I found myself nodding off on a lazy day, hanging around the house. I was having a lovely lazy Saturday when I decided to wander out to the [...]

Deciding for Life - decidingforlife.com

14
Nov
2009
Do you think that DNA testing should be done for all international adoptions?

8 days ago by zara

Considering the corruption going on and being ignored by adoptive parents, do you think it would help stop the unethical/criminal activities? Do you think that adoptive parents as well need make sure that they are not buying a baby, especially in countries like Guatemala where it got out of control? ...

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11
Nov
2009
Bringing Adoptive Families Together

11 days ago by afth

November is National Adoption Month. It is supposed to be a month to celebrate how adoption has touched the lives of all the people involved in the adoption process and also to bring families together. Unfortunately, we have started to notice a disturbing trend of segregation within the adoption com ...

Love Builds Families - afth.wordpress.com

10
Nov
2009
Sacred Cow Tipping and True Crime

12 days ago by addiepray

I made the mistake of discussing adoption with one of the uninitiated recently. I always do that, you’d think that I would have learned by now. Anyway, after I related some of my experiences she remarked that it sounds something more like a true crime story than the fuzzy wuzzy experience of adoptio ...

According To Addie - addiepray.wordpress.com · 17 references

09
Nov
2009
A Copy and Paste Blog from Kelly

13 days ago by rixgal

Kelly is my blog sister who lives in Tennessee and is also adopting from Colombia with Gladney Center for Adoption. We both decorated our little Colombian princesses’ rooms in mariposas de la lavanda (lavender butterflies)! Her blog this past week could have been written from my heart as much as it ...

My Sister's Jar - mysistersjar.wordpress.com · Rank: 98,440 · 11 references

It is so wrong to adopt someone else’s child because you cannot have one ...

13 days ago by Gershom

Its so weird how adoption is….everywhere. It seems like no matter where I am, i can’t escape it. Yesterday I was in the parking lot and there is this white woman, white child, and chinese daughter. I looked, …no I stared….is that little girl adopted? Sure she could be a friends daughter, the womans ...

Anti-Adoption - antiadoption.wordpress.com · 13 references

07
Nov
2009
Great Behavior Breakdown Package.

15 days ago by King

An E-book And Audio Package That Offers Non-punitive Solutions To Such Destructive Behaviors As Lying, Stealing, Defiance, Self-mutilation, Encopresis, Temper Tantrums, And More. Ideal For Foster And Adoptive Parents And Educators. Great Behavior Breakdown Package.

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05
Nov
2009
No Einstein In Your Crib? Get A Refund- An article from The New York Times

17 days ago by The Next Family

By: TAMAR LEWIN Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses. They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant int ...

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