No new post today, there is some conversation going on in the comments to the previous two posts that I feel is more important than a new post at this point.

I’m back on a theme today, that of whether it is important to take our kids on trips back to China. I’m just pointing to two articles today, both from the Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington site. Under Three Flags – Between Two Worlds Insight to Experience My answer is that, yes, I think it [...]

I’m pointing to some posts today from the Adoption Survivor blog. The blog author in this case says she was abused by her adoptive parents. She also says that she doesn’t want people negating her opinions of adoption because of the abuse. I’m just pointing it out because when she says “my abuser” I want [...]

Today we are discussing the writings on the Harlow’s Monkey blog. Harlow’s Monkey is written by an adult Korean adoptee who is also a respected social worker. Her words (and her advice) should be listened to. If you disagree with something you read in any of these posts, use the comments section here and let’s [...]

Remember when I said that it’s a good idea to read books written by domestically adopted white adoptees who were raised by white families as well as the books written by adults who were transracially adopted? My reason for this suggestion is that if you only read books written by transracial adoptees then everything can [...]

The last 12 referral batches arrived at 32, 31, 32, 28, 38, 28, 35, 22, 27, 37, 36, 18, and 24 days. The average is 30 days, the median is 31. We see 28 twice as well as 32. The shortest interval is 18 days but with the CNY holiday I do not expect we’ll [...]