Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / July 2009

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/01/madonna-malawi-mercy-adoptio
n-orphanages
Madonna should not have been allowed to adopt Mercy
The Malawian child's family should have been helped to look after her
themselves

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthadvice/lesleygarnerlifeclass/5686631/Id-
like-to-contact-my-birth-mother-but-will-it-just-upset-everyone.html
'I'd like to contact my birth mother, but will it just upset
everyone?'
In Lifeclass this week, Lesley Garner advises a reader on ...

In January, I posted a message headed "Obama's First Budget Cut",
suggesting elimination of the federal adoption tax credit as a way of
saving about $350 million a year. (Small change, I know.)  My point
was based on an article analysing the impact of that credit on