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Fear of Adoption Scams
Another of the many fears of prospective adoptive parents that can often turn into an adoption barrier, is the fear of being “swindled” by an adoption agency. I remember when we first started our very...
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When agencies are dishonest
In my last post, I discussed the fear of being scammed in adoption. The reality is that adoptive parents are vulnerable people, and orphaned children are also highly vulnerable. There is a lot of money...
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How to avoid adoption scams
In my last two posts I have discussed the fear of adoption scams, and a recent article showing how ugly things can be when families put their money and trust into unethical agencies. Here are some tips...
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Transracial Adoption May Not Be Right For Everyone
Transracial adoption is becoming more common, that is for sure. This makes it easier for transracial families to get out to the mall and not be bombarded with questions or comments. In the past year...
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Black and White vs. White and Black
This past weekend, I read this Newsweek article, about a black family who adopted a white girl, Katie. Briefly, the girl had been in 12 different foster homes before finding her new family. The...
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T-shirts, Dolls and Halloween Costumes
Staying in the common lines of this past weeks post I thought I would talk about some of what we have gone through and continue to go through. I commented on Robyn’s post about how I only let Enu wear...
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Anything But Asian
Next week is my birthday, and we’re going to Disneyland! So, because I’ll be in the happiest place on Earth, I thought I’d take this week to write about the thoughts are sure to be unpopular. In...
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ICWA
I am part of a special group because I have adopted. To make my circle smaller, I adopted transracially. To further solidify the uniqueness of our family we adopted Native American boys, Navajo or...
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Barbies
Perhaps no other toy has been as criticized, condemned, caricatured, and copied as Barbie has. She has been discussed, disparaged, denigrated and derided, and has been jeered at, sneered at, and...
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The Preference Box: Top 3 Reasons That Box Gets Checked
The worst part of the adoption process for me, besides waiting for “the call,” was the checklist our agency required us to fill out. Categories were to be marked with a yes, no, or would consider....
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