Families Through International Adoption

On our old adoption forums, a member asked this question: For all of you who have adopted internationally, what have your experiences been and what should we be looking out for and asking agencies? Here is one of the she received from a forum member: We went the international route after becoming severely discouraged and disappointed with the US domestic. But before we made the final decision about choosing another country...

Haitian Adoptions Jeopardized By Disaster

Tuesday’s earthquake has thrown U.S. families trying to bring home their children into a state of uncertainty. Many are finding themselves in a desperate search for answers about how their children, that they are in the process of adopting, are faring. Some fear that paperwork, which can take months or years, may be buried or lost in crumpled buildings, stalling or halting the adoption. Unlike adoptions in many other...

Hugh Jackman Talks About Australia’s Adoptio...

HUGH Jackman has sent a message of support to Madonna after her failed bid to adopt a Malawian orphan while bitterly attacking Australia’s adoption laws. The Aussie movie star and his wife, Deborra-Lee, have two kids who they adopted as babies from America – Oscar, eight, and three-year-old Ava. But, like Madonna, their hopes of giving a home to a Third World child were crushed by rules that made it virtually...

International Adoption Resources

(note: you can purchase all the books mentioned in this article, through our secured amazon store, by clicking the links) by Cynthia Teeters You may think that the first thing to do to start an international adoption is to get a list of agencies and begin contacting them for information. Actually, you start by realizing that thousands of parents have passed successfully through this process before you and that by tapping into...

National Adoption Day 2008

National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the 129,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. For the last eight years, National Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies and advocates to finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes for...

Adoptee Summer Camp in Michigan

If you’re the parent of a Korean adoptee in the Michigan area, Sae Jong Camp might be of interest to you. From their website: Our mission is to provide all Korean-American children the opportunity to explore their Korean-American identities, learn about their Korean heritage, and make friendships to last a lifetime. Our camp also provides an opportunity for campers to share their experiences with other campers and...

The Future of Vietnamese Adoptions

There’s a lot of frustration and sadness in the adoption community over the status of Americans adopting from Viet Nam. Here is a statement from the US Embassy: April 2008 The Department of State continues to urge prospective adoptive parents and adoption service providers not to initiate new adoptions from Vietnam at this time. The 2005 Memorandum of Agreement, required by Vietnamese law to authorize adoptions between...

Summer Camp For Iowa Adoptees And Their Families

Iowans for International Adoption, formed in 1972, was originally created to help families in search of international adoption assistance. Giving families an opportunity to meet and support each other, this annual picnic expanded into a weekend retreat and eventually the current K.A.M.P (Korean Adoption Means Pride) and International Retreat. An annual KAMP and retreat that takes place each year in Cedar Falls, IA, for both...

Successful Adoption Travel

The Top 10 Secrets of Successful Adoption Travel by Carrie Howard The adoption trip is a defining moment in a family’s life, the event that brings parent and child together at last. Virtually all adoptive parents travel to meet their new child, to a nearby city, to another state, or to a distant country. The adoption trip is a defining moment in a family’s life, the event that brings parent and child together at last....

International Adoption

If you’re starting the process of international adoption, hearing what people who’ve done it before have to say, can be extremely helpful so we asked our adoption forum members for their ideas and tips. * Best advice I’d give anyone adopting oveseas would be to “keep a cool head and a closed mouth’ when stressed out over international procedures. Some of the ways things were done were very...

Our International Adoption Story

Editor’s Note: One of our long time adoption forum members shares her thoughts on becoming a mother and never giving up hope. Parents That Waited: Dreams That Came True (Eventually) By Robin Hutson aka Somebunniesmom I’m tall and have red hair and blue eyes. I have fair skin, generously sprinkled with freckles. I have no business being in the sun. My husband has the good fortune of being less fair-skinned than I,...

Meg Ryan On Adoption

In an interview, Meg Ryan, who adopted from China last year says “”I am convinced, completely and utterly convinced, that there was nothing random about the adoption. She is the daughter I should have”. Related Tags: adoption, adopt, adopting, international adoption, adopting from china, meg ryan Tags: celebrity adoption Related posts Sheryl Crow’s Son Wyatt (0) Sheryl Crow...

Blending Biological And Adopted Children

People come to adoption for many reasons and infertility is only one of them, although society seems to think it’s the only reason. It’s like people can’t believe that someone would pick adoption as their first choice. Many parents blend adoptive and biological children in the family. I myself come from a blended family. My parents adopted my brother when I was eight. Lisa Van Houten and her husband Craig...

India Speeds Up Adoption Process

While trying to simplify the adoption procedure and making it more transparent, the Union ministry of women and child development is planning to reduce the waiting period to adopt a child from 3-6 months to 45 days. WCD minister Renuka Chowdhury said that despite the preference for a male child in Indian families, it is surprising to note that maximum childless couples demand a girl child. Their website has also been...

International Adoption

Have Your Heard Of The China Adoption Connection Author: Robert Byrnes The China adoption program is among the most popular of all international adoptions. In 2005, nearly 8,000 kids were adopted from China by citizens of the United States. When looking into international adoptions, some countries may be complicated to work with. However, in the case of China adoptions, they are easy and clear cut. .The majority of the...