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	<title>From Hope to Reality &#187; Adoption Issues</title>
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		<title>Back to school with your adopted child</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As your adopted children head to school &#8212; whether for the first time or not &#8212; you may wonder how to talk to your children&#8217;s teachers about adoption and adoption-related challenges your children face. Heartofthematterseminars.com has prepared a wonderful document to help you think through how to help both your children and their teachers. Download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adjustment, Bonding and Attachment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 19:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don't claim to know a ton about attachment and bonding, but we have read a fair amount on the subject and tried to prepare ourselves for anything. If you are waiting for your adoption to be completed right now, spend some time reading about attachment.]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtue of Doing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was asked by a colleague my thoughts regarding an adoptive couple who wanted to stand outside an abortion clinic and tell each woman that they would adopt the unborn child if  she would choose adoption over abortion. After considering the family&#8217;s plans  for a moment and all the negative press that they could receive, I said it was all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopted child returned to Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A response from Nightlight&#8217;s Executive Director, Ron Stoddart: When a child is legally adopted in the United States, that child bears the same relationship to their adoptive parent(s) as a biological child would to their parents.  The adopting parents accept all of the rights and obligations of the parent-child relationship.  When a child is legally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR Adoption Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This National Pubic Radio article is based on a survey to determine how children who were adopted fare. There is not a separation under the term &#8221;domestic&#8221; adoptions  for those adopted as infants, as opposed to those who were adopted by relatives&#8211;and usually older. It is estimated that 40% of all domestic (non-foster care) adoptions are by step-parents and relatives. Although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open to openness in adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/1064/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Open to openness means that the adoptive parents should be willing to meet with the birth mother before the baby is born, be with her at the hospital, and provide her with pictures and letters after the child is placed with them.]]></description>
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		<title>Should Christmas be canceled when you are pursuing adoption?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tree, gifts, spiral ham and sparkling cider - we are not talking about gross excess here, but the simple things that are a traditional part of our culture. It’s the question of spending money that does not absolutely have to be spent while we are facing the inevitable reality of significant bills related to adoption.]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption language: &#8220;parent&#8221; vs. &#8220;adoptive parent&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/750/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/750/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Language]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over at the Adoption Guide&#8217;s Advice page, I came across a document labeled &#8220;Accurate Adoption Language,&#8221; which links to a PDF entitled &#8220;Positive Adoption Language.&#8221; The fact sheet (reprinted from OURS Magazine, May/June 1992), has a fairly complete listing of preferred language (which it calls &#8220;positive&#8221;) and dispreferred language (called &#8220;negative&#8221;) for talking about adoption. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on advocacy for I-600A renewals for China adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/743/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/743/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On October 7, I posted a call to action from JCICS. JCICS&#8217;s advocacy &#8212; in conjunction with the advocacy of other stakeholders and concerned Americans &#8212; has resulted in at least limited success. Here is JCICS&#8217;s announcement. Dear Colleagues, After advocating on behalf of adoptive families for the past 6 months, Joint Council is very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please help: JCICS Call to Action on I-600A Renewals</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/727/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/727/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[JCICS is urging all adoption stakeholders to actively participate immediately in encouraging USCIS to implement a policy that's good for families and children regarding I-600A Renewals.]]></description>
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