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Advice on adoption?
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I am a single, 40-something women very interested in adoption. I've looked into international adoption and the process seems overwhelming. I'm considering a domestic adoption but don't want to use an agency. I have no idea where to start. Do I need to find an adoption attorney? How do you find birthmothers who are interested in adoption?
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I'm looking to adopt an infant or toddler less than 2 years old. I've looked into foster care in my area and sadly, most children in the system are older and have developmental and/or psychological issues. As a single woman, I don't feel I'm presently equipped for this situation.
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Looney Tunes
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Yes, look into foster-to-adopt. In fact, these adoptions will be "fairly inexpensive." If you foster the child first, you will be paid monthly to care for them.
Some states even have websites that show the children waiting to be adopted from foster-care. And sometimes they have some information about them.
If you adopt a child from foster care, it will be hard at first, but trust me, you will get an incredible reward because they will love you so much....because you saved their life. |
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jenn_smithson
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Yes, I would find an attorney regardless of international or domestic if I were you. Agencies streamline the process but I can fully understand not wanting to go through one.
Have you contacted your county yet? The county services all across the US have tons and tons of children waiting for homes. They will literally bend over backwards to help you foster or adopt just to place them. If you want a child who is a bit older (perhaps as young as 2 or 3), your county is the first place I would start looking.
Peace,
Jenn |
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raistlyn727
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Your local DHS. They have adoption photobooks that have WAY more children in them than the websites do. My county alone has three photobooks, each as thick as my palm. There are many in there that are 2 and under and not disabled. |
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 In australia, is fostering or adopting children difficult? |
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 Just want some opinions about my birth mother telling her family.? |
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 Relinquishment - I don't get it.? |
Can someone please explain to me why an adoptive parent *who has relinquished a child before* would proceed to adopt another child?
To clarify:
Mother has a child, but has to ... |
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 Do you get paid for fostering? |
I have no intentions of fostering, I couldn't bring up anyone elses children
But I had heard somewhere before, i think it was on here that you get paid for fostering, I just assumed ... |
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 Want to know about Fostering? |
| Is there anyone out there that knows about fostering? I would love to know how to go about it and what type/sort of people that they are looking for. I am living in a de-facto relationship trying ... |
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 How do you think that this relates to adoption? (or perhaps parenting in general?)? |
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they ... |
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 APs/PAPs: what are some of the stupidest comments/questions you have received regarding your adoption? |
Some of my favourites:
Oh, so you can't get pregnant?
Have you tried everything to get pregnant?
How much did she cost?
Can she speak English? (She was barely 9 months ... |
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 Adoptees: Is it the job of AP's to provide a "better life" for their children? |
How do you define "better life"?
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Is there a limit to how many you can adopt?
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 If this is going on in the US, why do thousands of A-parents......? |
turn their cheek to the fact that it is going on in Guatemala to supply the demand for kiddies?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/
A sad day ... |
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the website is called adoptuskids.com.
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thank you.... |
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| Cost of domestic adoption? |
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I ask because I saw this remark by someone and thought it sounded ridiculous.... |
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| Should jerry springer people b parents? |
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 Can anyone recommend good books on adoption? |
| I'm looking for something that helps the adoptee and adoptiive parents understand the feelings of being adopted. I am looking for a book that is suitable for someone raised in a positive, ... |
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 For everyone who is in reunion? |
N-parents; how has your spouse/partner felt about your reunion with your relinquished son or daughter?
Adoptees; how have the spouses/partners of your n-parents reacted to the reunion? <... |
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