Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / September 2004

This person has two biological children and two foster children living
with him.  I've ignored a lot of lapses - drug use by the foster parent
with the kids, lack of supervision, truancy being allowed if not
encouraged and more.  I had to stop turning my head Thursday when the

Yup...transpired a couple of years ago.
DSS was going to implement new regulations about dogs and foster homes at the
time.  Don't know if it ever happened.

On 11 Sep 2004 20:42:26 GMT, fern5827@aol.com (Fern5827) wrote:
Whoaaaa! Sorry I suggested you take another slug of Liquid Fertilizer,
Daisy. Seems to have been one to many.

http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/091004/new_judgerule.shtml
Judge rules for biological mother
Amarillo couple told to return 2-year-old to Muleshoe teen
By BETH WILSON

I have been "touched by adoption" in several ways which I am sure will impact
my thoughts and opinions.  
First, I have had many lunch conversations with a co-worker who is also an
adoptive mother of a grown man.  Recently her mother gave her a newspaper

Your state has been through enough!!!! With the possibility of more
horrible weather headed your way, here's hoping all goes well for you
and your families. Let us know when it is over and that all is well.
Stay Safe.

Foster families urgently needed in North Central W.Va.
by Darlene J. Taylor STAFF WRITER
CLARKSBURG -- West Virginia, particularly the North Central region, is
in dire need of foster families for abused and neglected children.

DCF ill-served
Regier's resignation leaves big void
Jerry Regier had no choice but to resign as secretary of the Florida
Department of Children and Families. He has only himself to blame for

TLC raises awareness of foster care shortage
By: Tammy Worth, Sun Staff Writer     September 09, 2004
There are not enough homes for Johnson County children in need.
Matt Humphrey, foster care recruiter at TLC for Children and Families,

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- Don

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_v
iew&newsId=20040909005304&newsLang=en
The Middleton Doll Company Expands Newborn Nursery Adoption Centers; New
centers to open in five additional Saks Incorporated stores

http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/news/z1/08-18-04_z1_news_11.html
Mom mourns tiny baby kept in shoebox
Aug. 18, 2004
By Jonathan Lipman

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,10423662%5E2862,
00.html
Women win bid for adoption records
Kate Jones, tribunal reporter

http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=2277212&nav=1sW7QibZ
Calamus family selling cookbooks for adoption
DAVENPORT -- A Calamus, Iowa family wants to open their home to a special
needs girl from the Ukraine, but they need your help.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17439936.shtml
Schmitz kids said to have attachment disorder
Condition brought up in child-abuse case
By Lee Reinsch