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Geri Halliwell May Adopt Her Next Baby
Geri Halliwell and her daughter Bluebell have a great life together. Bluebell is now 3, and Geri has actually thought about adoption for her next addition to the family. But she isn't sure. Geri said, “The further from the baby stage Bluebell gets, the easier it seems, so I’m not sure anymore. Having a baby is the most consuming thing you...
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Post-Adoption Depression Peeks Out Of The Closet Of Secrecy
As post-partum depression begins to slowly come out into the light and be spoken about openly by brave mothers on blogs, in magazines and books, it’s lesser-known cousin, post-adoption depression remains mostly hidden. Adoptive parents can feel especially ashamed and guilty for experiencing doubts, anxiety or even just a post-big-event let-dow...
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Babble Wrap: Same-sex Adoption Row Brews
Same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children, a State Government parliamentary inquiry has narrowly recommended. SMH Sleeping Out: More Families Losing Home The number of Australian families sleeping in cars, on couches or in motels jumped significantly in the latest Census data, but homelessness charities have warned that the figures a...
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BBC Report: Chinese Babies Stolen; “Sold”
The BBC is reporting that dozens of Chinese babies have been forcefully taken from their parents by the government and sent into the international adoption system. The report–which I couldn’t find any trace of elsewhere–suggests that families breaking the family planning policy and unable or unwilling to pay the fine for doing s...
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Adopted Children = Psycho Killers?
A new horror movie is getting a deluge of negative publicity from adoptive parents and other members of the adoption world for portraying an older adopted child as a deranged would-be murderer of her adoptive parents and their (of course) biological children. On the one hand the movie is unarguably offensive on every level. Many adoptive paren...
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Adopted Brother Was Living Across The Street
This is nice. And bizarre. But still nice. Joellen Cottrell gave birth at the tender of 16. She gave the child up for adoption. Later, Joellen had a daughter, Candace Eloph, and told her that somewhere out there, she had a half-brother. 30 years later, Candace moves to Shreveport, Louisiana. Some guy named Jamie Wheat lives across the str...
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The Orphan Trade And International Adoption
E.J. Graff has investigated and written extensively about international adoption, and what she has found is hardly a feel-good story of child rescue. Rather, she concludes that hopeful parents from wealthy nations (the U.S., European countries, Australia) have created a market where babies are bought and sold. Here's what she has to say, in a Ne...
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Pregnancy, Birth And HIV: The Good News
I have two kids adopted as healthy newborns. But shortly after my children came home, the agency that handled my adoptions began a new program for the placement of HIV+ babies and children. When I have casually mentioned this program to friends and family I have encountered a surprising amount of confusion about HIV and children born with it. It se...
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