International Adoption

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• "Cultural Tourism" - Beyond Culture Camps Part 2

  
  Harlow's Monkey — Authority: 115
  One of the studys limitations is that those adoptees born/adopted inthe late 1970s to 1989 would have had much greater access oropportunity to specialized Korean culture camps. Korean culture campsdid exist back then, and in fact Holt first started their camps in1983. I, as a "2nd wave" adoptee would have been 15 ...
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• Poem for National Adoption Month

  
  John Raible Online — Authority: 99
  November is the month of my birth, and the month of my relinquishment. I always find myself thinking more about my birth family during this time of year. I wonder if my birth mother is still alive, and if she is thinking about me.   November also happens to be National Adoption Month. The following poem erupted ...
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• Wayyy back when!

  
  Berries n' Honey — Authority: 131
  I was reading some old messages when I came across this one I wrote to a friend the few days after E. got home in March. It seems so long ago, yet time has FLOWN by! E. is doing really well, considering his schedule is all messed up. The biggest challenge so far was bedtime last night and tonight. He fell ...
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• Angelina Jolie set to adopt an Arab child

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 479
  Actress looks to increase brood with Syrian girl DUBAI (Al Arabiya) After making it on Americas infamous "axis of evil," Syria will now become synonymous with Angelina Jolies brood as the U.S. actress looks set to adopt a child from the Arab nation despite her partner Brad Pitts objections. The Oscar-winning ...
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• Thankful day 15

  
  Berries n' Honey — Authority: 131
  I am thankful for how much adoption has benefitted our lives and family. Before we began this journey several years ago, I really only viewed adoption as a way to enlarge a family. Now I see it so much differently, my entire worldview has changed. PSA 68:5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, ...
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• A fight to change adoption law

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 479
  By Shannon Heit November 13, 2009 / koreaherald.co.kr Leveraging the help of a group of lawyers and a Korean unwed mothers organization, a group of expats in Seoul are driving a movement to create a major shift in how the country deals with adoptions. read more
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• Korean adoptees advocate for adoption reform in Korea

  
  Harlow's Monkey — Authority: 115
  From the JoongAng Daily A generation fights to reform adoption laws Six Korean adoptees filed an appeal with the Anti-corruption and CivilRights Commission last year to request a probe into irregularities intheir adoption documents and possible illegal procedures at localadoption agencies. Now, they’re ...
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• Adoption in France

  
  Box Turtle Bulletin — Authority: 677
  Gay rights in Europe have different difficulties than in the States. Where here the battle is over legal rights and recognition for couples, European countries tend to place more restrictions on parenting. For example, in France where PACS have been legal since 2006, only heterosexual married couples can adopt. ...
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• Trafficking reports raise heart-wrenching questions for adoptive parents

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 479
  Accounts of Chinese children being kidnapped, bartered and sold to orphanages have many adopters wondering about their children. Some may try to track down the birth parents -- but then what? By Martha Groves November 11, 2009 / latimes.com read more
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• A generation fights to reform adoption laws

  
  Legally Kidnapped — Authority: 499
  A generation fights to reform adoption laws Six Korean adoptees filed an appeal with the Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission last year to request a probe into irregularities in their adoption documents and possible illegal procedures at local adoption agencies.
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• Trafficking reports raise heart-wrenching questions for adoptive parents

  
  Legally Kidnapped — Authority: 499
  Trafficking reports raise heart-wrenching questions for adoptive parents Accounts of Chinese children being kidnapped, bartered and sold to orphanages have many adopters wondering about their children. Some may try to track down the birth parents -- but then what?
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• Adult adoptees speak - Beyond Culture Camps Part 1

  
  Harlow's Monkey — Authority: 115
   The executive summary of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute study, Beyond Culture Camps: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption begins with the quote from one of the studys Korean adoptee participants: I realized I never could change my ethnicity/race. I also developed a pride in being Korean ...
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• A generation fights to reform adoption laws

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 479
  By Limb Jae-un November 10, 2009 / JoongAngDaily read more
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• New Donaldson Institute Study of Korean Adoptees

  
  A Birth Project — Authority: 109
  New Study from the Donaldson Institute is here. Adopted From Korea and in Search of Identity By RON NIXON Published: November 8, 2009 New York Times “As a child, Kim Eun Mi Young hated being different. When her father brought home toys, a record and a picture book on South Korea, the country from which she ...
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• “HANCI sold our children abroad” angry parents claim

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 479
  By Donstance Koroma  October 9, 2009 /   sierraexpressmedia.com     read more
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• “HANCI sold our children abroad” angry parents claim

  
  Legally Kidnapped — Authority: 499
  “HANCI sold our children abroad” angry parents claim Parents and guardians of children who are reported to have been illegally adopted as orphans and flown abroad continue to maintain their stance that their children were sold abroad and that it was a deal carried out by local NGO ‘Help A Needy Child ...
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• Two arrested in Vietnam for baby trafficking: report

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 479
  Police in Vietnam have arrested two people suspected of trafficking 20 babies in the communist country since 2007, a report said Monday.  By Agence France-Presse November 9, 2009 / malaysia.msn.com read more
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• A Copy and Paste Blog from Kelly

  
  My Sister's Jar — Authority: 121
  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 was from ...
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• New York Times article about new Evan B. Donaldson study

  
  Harlow's Monkey — Authority: 115
  This New York Times article features several fellow adoptee friends! Its great to hear their voices. Adopted from Korea and in Search of Identity As a child, Kim Eun Mi Young hated being different. ...Growing up in Georgia, Kansas and Hawaii, in a military family, shewould date only white teenagers, even when ...
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• Should parents push openness in international adoptions?

  
  this woman's work — Authority: 128
  Skila and Tatjana both asked about openness in international adoptions in regards to my Roundtable post. Specifically, should adoptive parents push for openness? Tatjana said: This is very much the predominant point of view re searching for birth families of internationally adopted children here in NL due to ...
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