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		<title>Things To Think About Before Adopting A Sibling Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the members at our adoption forums is considering adopting a sibling group of older children. She asked for some advice and I wanted to share her questions, and my answers here for our readers that may have the same questions. 
What makes that difference between good and horrible? 
With my kids (half bio. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/03/things-to-think-about-before-adopting-a-sibling-group.html</link>
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		<title>Haitian Adoptions Jeopardized By Disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/01/haitian-adoptions-jeopardized-by-disaster.html</link>
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		<title>Alabama Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Air Force family Henry and Stephanie Hayes started foster care for children four years ago, they weren&#8217;t necessarily looking to adopt. They&#8217;re the parents of two birth children and had opened their Montgomery home to 11 foster children over the years. They were content. That is, until they met baby Jaylan.
&#8220;He is medically fragile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/01/alabama-adoption.html</link>
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		<title>Event To End Florida Gay Adoption Ban</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Florida&#8217;s Adoption Ban is the only law in the country that categorically prohibits gay men and lesbians from adopting children. This discriminatory law hurts thousands of children who are languishing in Florida&#8217;s foster care system by denying them a permanent home.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is proud to announce that Cynthia Nixon, Sex [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/01/event-to-end-florida-gay-adoption-ban.html</link>
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		<title>Adoption Stories: China Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post was submitted as a comment by one of our readers. Sharon. 
The summer before Becca turned six, we moved to a new neighborhood, so that she could have a yard, a playroom, and (eventually) a puppy. A “plus” was that the neighborhood was majority Asian, with the largest proportion of the Asians [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/01/adoption-stories-china-adoption.html</link>
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		<title>Adoption Support on Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you on facebook?
Stop by and join our facebook group and become a fan of our facebook page . You&#8217;ll make connections with our blog readers and our adoption forum members. After you join, you can share the link to your adoption blog or business as long as it&#8217;s adoption friendly and not spam.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/01/adoption-support-on-facebook.html</link>
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		<title>In Praise Of Foster Parents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The weekend before Christmas has become the time when we host our annual get together with my children&#8217;s former foster parents.  I&#8217;ve posted about them before but for those of you that are new to our blog or adoption forum, let me backtrack a bit.
When we adopted our children, they were 5, 8 and 11 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/01/in-praise-of-foster-parents.html</link>
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		<title>Adoption Myths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, we had a conversation on the adoption forums about what we felt were the most common myths about adoption, specifically about those of us who adopt a child.

One of the myths that was posted several times was about adoption being a &#8220;last resort&#8221; or something we HAVE TO do: 
&#8220;All adoptive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/01/adoption-myths.html</link>
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		<title>Adoption Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was submitted by one of our adoption forum members.  
My husband and I adopted six children through foster care and have three biological ones. Depending where you live you might have to become a foster parent if you are looking to adopt via the foster care system. In our state, there are subsidized [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2010/01/adoption-stories-2.html</link>
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		<title>We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Popular author-illustrator Parr illustrates the rewards of family ties in this heartfelt, supportive book geared toward adopted children and their parents. In each double-page spread, Parr completes the phrase &#8220;We belong together because . . .&#8221; with poignant explanations that touch upon basic, tangible needs (&#8220;You needed a home . . . and I had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foreverparents.com/2009/12/we-belong-together-a-book-about-adoption-and-families.html</link>
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