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child services took away my 3 kids and they are going to be adopted out. it's not fair! what should i do???
i have had a problem with drugs but i never hurt my kids or nothing when i ... |
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 If a natural parent won custody in a contested adoption, do you think they should change the child's name...? |
or leave it as is?
There is a consensus that adoptive parents should not change the name of their child if they were already named by their original parents.
However, what if ... |
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 Do you think that parents who adopt, should give (an unnamed) child a name that? |
somewhat reflect their ethnicity.
What do you think of parents who give their kids VERY caucasian names when they are obviously ethnic. or caucasian children getting names that are VERY ... |
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 Adoptive Parents - Did you get any therapy or emotional support prior to adopting? |
| Pre-marital counselling is generally recommended before a marriage, as an example...I'm wondering how important it is for paps to get counselling before adopting to ensure that THEIR issues do ... |
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 Good and bad experiences? |
If an adoptee had a "bad" adoption experiece, does that negate someone else's "good" experience?
Conversely, if you know an adoptee who had a "good" ... |
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 What should I do? Should I leave it in the past? |
Okay, so I know this isn't an adoption story but I figured someone on here would have good advice coming from a reunion standpoint.
I haven't had a relationship with my ... |
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 Adoptees, FP/ and AP: Coercion? |
Any adoptees out there in Y!A land who's parents were coerced? How have you handled the knowledge?
FP, if you experienced coercion, and then later on reunited, how was it handled ... |
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 Adoptees: Were you UNWANTED by your natural mothers? |
Seems that's what most APs believe that we were unwanted, therefore adoption is an absolute good, because new families were/are created.
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ETA to T: Now our mothers ... |
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 Safe Surrender Laws (Legal Infant Abandonment)? Your thoughts? |
I heard about this law when it was passed & I just saw TV commercial for it: "no shame, no blame, no names". Here is the link to the web site:
http://www.safesurrender... |
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 Is it wrong that I think this.? |
I know love is love and a family that wants to adopt a child should be able to..
When i saw Sandra Bullock and her new baby, The first thing I thought was 'another white women ... |
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 What do you think are the reasons a Mother relinquishes her child? |
What do you think are the main reasons a mother gives her child up for adoption?
Do you think there are things that may make it easier for her to parent her child?... |
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 Curious about this episode of adoption on foster care? |
| Just finished watching this show. Was it like this for you living in foster care? and what do you think of the representation? And anyone feel free to commit on episodes related to you or give your ... |
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 Is this the only place you have a voice? |
I was just curious if anyone ever talks about the issues of being adopted with anyone else?
I never have anyone to talk to about being a first mom. Face to face. Sometimes my husband ... |
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| I live in America and I am looking int adopting my niece from Canada. I need help finding information on this. |
| We live in Michigan. And it will be an international adoption but a family adoption and I can only find information on one or another.... |
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 How old were you when you adopted? |
Hi,
I'm quite curious about adoption at the moment, having watched the C4 documentaries about adoption this week.
I was just wondering how old you were when you adopted, ... |
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My husband and I are seriously considering adoption from foster care. We live in a very old house (1898), but for the most part, has been updated. Some of the pipes however, were not updated properly. They used white PVC instead of black PVC for the sewer drainage. Should we replace that before it is done? It needs to be done anyway. Coming up with that money ($1000), on top of other bills, and paying for the home study is a little hard. It is corroding badly, so we were wondering, would that affect the home study?
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sk8ermom
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No, they don't check the pipes. After you adopt you will get a reembursment for your home study fee's. Its up to $2,000 depending on the state. You can use that and the adoption tax credit to pay for the pipes. If you finalize an adoption before Dec. 2011 then you get a tax reembursment for $13,170 per child you adopt from the state. It is only for 2010 and 2011. That is money you can use on the updates too...if they can hold out that long :)
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Piscespets
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I'm so glad you decided to give a foster child a forever home. I don't think they will check your pipes though :) Good luck on EVERYTHING! You're awesome!
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cricketlady
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If you plan to adopt from foster care their is no charge for a homestudy---at least with the state agency. At this point they would have 85% of everything they need for their records from your foster care records. No the plumbing is not an issue with the homestudy.
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Teresa
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No, they won't check your plumbing. The only issue that having an older house will pose is lead paint. Make sure there is no chipping paint or cracked plaster. Other than that, if your house is nice enough for you to live in comfortably it'll pass the homestudy
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Randy B
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Our process involved a safety inspection but that only consisted of making sure the hot water heater was not too high, the fridge was cold enough, we had running water, the windows opened so people could get out in the event of a fire and that we had working smoke/CO2 detectors and such. They won't care about your pipes. It's a home study, not a home inspection for a new buyer for the house. You'll be fine.
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