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A Child to Love You probably celebrate adoption every day in your house, but each November the rest of the country joins in for National Adoption Month. It is a month-long campaign to create awareness of adoption issues, including a festive National Adoption Day, when more than 300 events are held at courtrooms throughout the country to finalize adoptions.
While adoption of all kinds is celebrated this month, the national focus is on foster care and the 510,000 kids currently in the system -- 129,000... read more The Small Things That Count My husband and I began the process to adopt a baby girl from South Korea feeling confident and optimistic. “We’re both lawyers,” we reasoned. “Surely we can fill out and assemble paperwork.” We had researched transcultural adoption extensively and knew it was the right route for us. Moreover, we were not even first-time parents. We had a two-year-old son by birth, one whose severe colic had taught us about the patience required to be a parent.
Still, warnings rolled in... read more
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