Adopting E-Magazine, October 2012
Adopting Announcements
Photolisting: Now is the perfect time to raise foster and adoption awareness in your community. If you have your own blog or website, perhaps you would like to add our Photo Listing Widget to help raise awareness of foster children nationwide.
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Blogging: Have you thought about starting a blog to share your adoption journey with friends, family or others in the adoption community? We're always looking for volunteer or guest bloggers with an authoritative voice on adoption topics, such as international adoption, foster care, unplanned pregnancy, search and reunion etc. for AdoptionBlogs.com. This may be the perfect time to voice your adoption experiences and share with our community!
Are You Ready To Adopt?
No matter the reason you're considering adoption, the most important question you can ask yourself is if you're ready to adopt. This may seem like a silly question to those who are seriously considering it, but adoption is complex, and it's important that everyone is fully informed before making a final decision. And the process to finding out if you're ready is different for everyone. Take a look at the list of questions below and find which ones are applicable to your needs and your situation.
- What are your exact reasons for wanting to adopt? Infertility? You want to provide a loving home for a child in need of stability?
- If you will adopt as a couple, does one of you want to adopt more than the other?
- If so, is the other person feeling pressured into it?
- From what age group are you hoping to adopt?
- Are you aware that the younger the child, the more difficult it may be for a quick permanent placement?
- If you have an age group in mind, how firm are you on it?
- Are you open to adopting a child with special needs? Are there certain types of special needs that you're uncomfortable considering?
- Do you have a gender preference?
- How about an ethnicity preference?
- Would you be open to adopting sibling sets?
- If so, is there a number of siblings you'd be uncomfortable with?
- Which type of adoption would you like--open, closed, or semi-open?
- Are you willing to negotiate on the type of adoption?
- Are you looking to adopt internationally or domestically?
- How much involvement would you like from the birth family?
- Will monetary funds be an issue when adopting? Do you have a strict budget?
- How open would you be to allowing your child to search for biological family as s/he ages?
- If you're adopting an infant or a small child, will one parent stay home or will you find a babysitter or a daycare during work hours?
- Do you want immediate placement or are you OK with waiting for several years to find the right placement?
- How will your children be affected by adopting another?
Ask yourself and your partner--if applicable--these questions. They will help you gauge your needs and expectations. Then, you should be able to pinpoint the type of adoption you want and need. It may also be helpful for you to take your answers to these questions and talk them over with an adoption professional, including an agency, a facilitator, or an adoption lawyer. The best way to know if you're ready to adopt is to first fully understand yourself. And the questions above can help you get there.
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Adopting Blogs from AdoptionBlogs.com
Vietnam Still Closed for United States Adoptions
There is a lot of interest in adoption from Vietnam lately as it is rumored that are slated to re-open soon. The original date for this sought after affair came and went with little information from Vietnam ...more
Haiti Continues Working to Reopen
It is so interesting to see the strides that Haiti is taking in order to protect its adoption program. The devastation that wracked their capital left a great need for adoption relationships with willing... more
Adopting Community, News & Events
Kazakhstan Adoption - Kazakhstan Adoption Agencies
Russia Adoption - chasing, waiting, traveling 30 September 2012
Transracial Adoption - Need blog suggestions
International Adoption Support - Adopting with history of depression
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The Adoption Photolisting
Adopting Tip of the Month
Deciding how open or closed an adoption you want can be a life-changing decision. Work together with the birth parents to come to a genial compromise.
In Your Words
"Our story started when we first got a call from our agency about an 18-year-old mom wanting to place her baby through closed adoption, unknown father and family didn't know about her being pregnant. We were in heaven. It was a boy. Brother for our 4 year old. Everything went accordingly. We took the baby home, she signed papers, and on day 3 we become a family of 4. One day we got a call from the agency that mother is in the hospital and family found out about the baby and there was a father. We were in shock. How could she do that to us? The father started persuing paternity and after 7 weeks we found out through paternity test that for sure he is the father and our baby will be taken away the next day. I can't even begin to say how sad we are. I love this little guy too much and he will be gone soon forever. How do you cope with something like that, I don't know. I feel empty and sad, have no feelings but know that this is normal process of grief. I want to try again, but my husband doesn't. We are all so heartbroken that we don't know where to go from here. I only hope that time will tell and heal our hearts and let us continue in our journey for a baby." - Martina
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