Bxgrl, I adopted a 23-month-old and I was scared to death, but it worked out fine–not to say that it’s been completely smooth sailing but then again, parenting never is. Not so fine for some friends who adopted babies, toddlers, school-age kids. It’s a shame that the system for child protection is not set up to work well for anyone–not for the birth families, not for the foster parents, not for the adoptive parents, and certainly not for the kids. Not for the citizens of the state and city of New York who pay for it all. Much too much moving kids around, sending them back to birth families without giving the birth families the resources (not just money) they need to succeed nor the supervision to protect the kids, not giving the kids some kind of permanence wherever they are. It is an extremely fucked-up system.
I looked into domestic adoption before I adopted from China and it was just a nightmare. I would have had to stop working to fulfill the requirements, and then there would have been no guarantee of placement of a child I would be able to parent successfully. I was concerned that my neighbors in Clinton Hill would judge me harshly for adopting from China but when I talked to them, I heard so many terrible stories from about the foster-care and adoption system in the city–horror stories from friends and family members on all corners of the adoption triad. They all congratulated me for finding a child who needed a parent, regardless of where she came from.
“Trading volumes in oil-futures contracts rose to the highest level on record Friday, spurred by unrest in Egypt that could threaten key oil shipments.”
From the WSJ.
remember when Edina on Absolutely Fabulous threatened her teenage daughter that she was going to adopt a Romanian baby and then she ended up with like 20 romanian babies hahahah
DH,
make it signature required when you ship that trophy
^^TKOTD^^
DH, you are old now. always a step late on the 200, 300, 400, etc – not as fast as your younger self
Bxgrl, I adopted a 23-month-old and I was scared to death, but it worked out fine–not to say that it’s been completely smooth sailing but then again, parenting never is. Not so fine for some friends who adopted babies, toddlers, school-age kids. It’s a shame that the system for child protection is not set up to work well for anyone–not for the birth families, not for the foster parents, not for the adoptive parents, and certainly not for the kids. Not for the citizens of the state and city of New York who pay for it all. Much too much moving kids around, sending them back to birth families without giving the birth families the resources (not just money) they need to succeed nor the supervision to protect the kids, not giving the kids some kind of permanence wherever they are. It is an extremely fucked-up system.
I looked into domestic adoption before I adopted from China and it was just a nightmare. I would have had to stop working to fulfill the requirements, and then there would have been no guarantee of placement of a child I would be able to parent successfully. I was concerned that my neighbors in Clinton Hill would judge me harshly for adopting from China but when I talked to them, I heard so many terrible stories from about the foster-care and adoption system in the city–horror stories from friends and family members on all corners of the adoption triad. They all congratulated me for finding a child who needed a parent, regardless of where she came from.
200
By DeadCatBounce on January 31, 2011 12:16 PM
“Trading volumes in oil-futures contracts rose to the highest level on record Friday, spurred by unrest in Egypt that could threaten key oil shipments.”
From the WSJ.
This could be HUGE.
You been asleep for 7 days????
“remember when Edina on Absolutely Fabulous…”
No need to continue. Successful steal of the GOTD.
39%
remember when Edina on Absolutely Fabulous threatened her teenage daughter that she was going to adopt a Romanian baby and then she ended up with like 20 romanian babies hahahah
*rob*