http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog Adoption in Canada Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:43:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although I haven't had the time to post on the blog in ages, there is still lots of discussion on all manner of adoption related subjects in the Forum. Please visit and join the discussion! http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=118 Domestic adoption was too scary for me.  A relative had nightmare experiences with multiple birth mothers not following through with their adoption plans, and that was frightening.  I could not fathom having a relationship with a birth-mom.  I just wanted a daughter, not a whole other family to deal with.  ... http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=114 Unfortunately I have not had as much time of late to expound on all things adoption. The forum that accompanies this blog continues to generate discussion but it would be nice to have this space change now and then as well. Fortunately one of the forum members offered to contribute ... http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=111 Ok so lets apply Occam's Razor to the situation and here is what I get. Madonna in the course of her charitable work begins to help orphans in Malawi. She forms an attachment to one child and subsequently adopts said child. Now with an even bigger attachment to Malawi she continues ... http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=109 A few bits and pieces from recent articles and forum comments got me thinking about this: Mr. Peng, who started an ad hoc group for parents of stolen children, said some of the girls were sold to orphanages. and International adoption has become big business in some countries. Orphanage workers go out into ... http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=105 This story http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/19/f-ethiopia-adoption.html and the comments to it have got me thinking about any number of issues so I figured why not blog about them in a bit more detail. Still, Terri Hambruch was upset because she had wanted to adopt an orphan. "I believe international adoption is the last option for ... http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=94 I am not completely sure where I am going with this post so bear with me. So why do people adopt? In my experience the answer in the majority of cases is that they adopt because they want to be parents. There is nothing wrong with this answer in my mind, ... http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=91 An often heard refrain in the adoption community is that, if my government is allowing the adoptions to happen then they must be ethical. Makes sense but here is some information that makes me question this assumption. 1. Canada suspends all adoptions from Liberia over a year ago over ethical concerns. Adoptions ... http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=88 Elsewhere in my travels someone made a comment that to them an Open Adoption is equivalent to co-parenting. Now I think there are lots of reasons that a particular individual might not be comfortable with an open adoption, but this is one that makes no sense to me at all. ... http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=80 So here is the link if you are from Ontario and want to add your views please do so! http://www.gov.on.ca/children/english/infertilityAdoption/index.html http://adopttalkcanada.com/blog/?p=78