Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / November 2006

I was adopted in Adelaide, Australia in 1955, by two people on their
second marriage.
My adopted father passed away 2002, my adopted mother and sister
survive.

I think this is something we all would agree with.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061119/news_1n19adopt.html
Mothers giving up child need more support, report advises

PENNSYLVANIA
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16051339.htm
Hospitals provide place for parents to abandon their newborns unharmed
State program Hospitals provide place for parents to abandon their

Hi there, I would like to gather some information about adopting a
chinese baby in china (prefer from shanghai). Anybody who has
experience about adopting kids in china? I like to find out information
about process, and requirements? Sources? I heard in shanghai, the

Newborn drowned in toilet,  teen pregnancy, abused adoptees, oh my!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0611170232nov17,1,81369.story?coll=
chi-news-hed

This page is in memory of children who died after social service
agencies removed them from the care of their parents, placing them
with fosters, adopters, group homes, or psychiatric facilities.
 1.. Genesis Acosta-Garcia, Las Vegas Nevada, three months old, November

CPS should also release the fosties details to parents who lose children to
unsubstantiated or 'at risk' cases - these parents have not hurt their
children, have not broken any laws - they deserve to know where their
children are and who they are with !!

It's too bad there is all these seem to be spam posting's here.
I know i have struggled for years with trying to obtain my
understandings towards whats gone on in my life. I know that there are
many others that are looking for that answer that's got to be somewhere

JAPAN
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/4325328.html
Hospital devises drop-off window for unwanted babies
Reuters News Service - Nov. 10, 2006

My name is Dr. Nancy J. Eckstein and I am a family communication
researcher who studies the phenomenon of parents who have been
verbally, physically, and emotionally abused by their adolescent
children. I have published numerous articles and have produced a

http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5458_7701_13733-26622--,00.html
Citing data from Administration for Children and Families (ACF) from
Adoption Foster Care Analysis Reporting Sytem (AFCARS) and National
Child Abuse and Neglect Data Systems (NCANDS)

Robin et all I found this on the Forgotten mothers site..
I am copying and pasting it here.. I bet I am going to be in trouble
for this but hey..
And what is with that name.. I am not forgotten.. Hell I am very not

This morning I read on Marley's blog some women (anonymous women) use
the term deviant when speaking about a woman or girl or man or boy
relinquishing a child for adoption.
I hope and pray this word does not catch on.. Does not become a key