As I’m working on the Post Referral/Post TA survey, I need a few more pieces of information. 1. What countries are currently adopting from China? Here is the list from the CCAA site, but it’s a few years old and I want to make sure we don’t miss anyone: * Australia * Belgium * Canada [...]

Do you feel that the general public, whether consciously or subconsciously, holds adoptive parents to a higher standard? I’ve never had anyone just come out and say it, but I’ve felt the undertones of it. I’ve also heard people on the forum here mention how, as a conspicuous family, when they have a misbehaving child [...]

GlitterGirl has some stuff going on at school today, and I’ll be stopping by for about an hour and a half to help out. So what happened? A awoke this morning to discover GlitterGirl was already awake, and that the clothes she wanted me to wear were hanging on my door. My first instinct was [...]

After writing today’s post I realized where the comments were likely to head, so I’m going back to the top of the post and adding this: Today’s post is not about discussing your beliefs, my beliefs, or any religious tenets. It’s about how an adopted child sees this phrase. —————— I am going to caution, [...]

Several agencies have listed for their families some extra guidelines that the CCAA has issued to them, involving the shared list. In a nutshell, the guidelines say: Each agency has one USB key that allows them to log in. The CCAA wants it to be used by the “principal” of the agency (whether it be [...]

I’ve seen a number of people reporting what their agency is telling them over the past few weeks. I’ve been hoping some of them would begin to agree with each other a bit more, but it’s not happening. Here are some of the things agencies are saying: They have been asked not to send anymore [...]