Adoption

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About That Piece on Transracial Adoptions in the New York Times...

Deborah Douglas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: National Association of Black Social Workers, Black Children, Interracial-Adoption, Black Adoptees, New York Times, Asian Adoptees, Race, Transracial Adoption, African Americans, Adoption, Living News

The Asian-adoptee identity crisis reported in the Times might finally lend credence to what black social workers have been saying all along: Ethnic and racial identity matters.

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Pet Abandonment Up, Adoption Down

Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Cats, Pets, Abandonment, Aspca, Non-Profits, Pet, Pet Care, Nhspca, Animals, Recession, Dogs, Adoption, Animal Shelter, Economy, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Living News

For all the joy pets bring into our lives, they can be very expensive I want to share ways to save money and keep your four-legged family members.

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Will Adopt Asian Girl, No Problem

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Mentors, Ikea, Elizabeth Benedict, Muses, Monsters, Adoption, The Inner Life, Family, Living News

We are the two happy misfits in the family, unconnected by blood or official documents, and connected in our certainty that family is more than either.

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Children of Prisoners: Innocent and At Risk

Pat Nolan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: At-Risk Youth, Children, Incarceration, Prison, Abandonment, Raising Children, Abandoned, Families, Children's Health, Family, Adoption, Politics News

Maintaining the child-parent relationship during a parent's incarceration improves a child's emotional development and their behavior, and will help keep him or her from following their parent to prison.

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The Drama Of The Adopted Daughter

Jenifer Fox | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Girls, Jenifer Fox, Relationships, Parenting Tips, Daughters, Teens, Strengths, Parenting, Adoption, Happiness, Living News

Between the ages of 14 and 16 girls begin the difficult search for independence. It is even more difficult for a daughter who has been adopted, as she is trying to find a separate identity from her adopted mother.

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A Game-Changer For Shelter Pets

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Cats, Maddie's Fund, Pets, Pet Adoption, Ad Council, Animal Shelter, Adoption, Dog Adoptions, Animals, Living News

There's no question that we as a society need to do more to help homeless dogs and cats find loving families, and we are even seeing the issue of pet adoption enter the public policy arena.

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Vietnam Adoption Scam Leads To 6 Jailed

AFP | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Southeast Asia, Vietnamese Adoption, Vietnam, Vietnam Adoption, Adoption, World News

HANOI, Sept 28, 2009 (AFP) - Six Vietnamese were Monday sentenced to prison terms for their roles in a graft scandal which saw hundreds of babies adop...

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Woman, 78, Meets Family For First Time

Kennewick woman, 78, meets family for first time | Sara Schilling | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Women, Relationships, Health, Woman, Parenting, Parents, Family, Adoption, Living News

Howell didn't know anything about her birth mother, not even the woman's name. She tried over the years to find out more but came up empty until recen...

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Toronto Film Fest Day 4: Two Documentaries and a Little Girl

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Documentary, Ballet, Michael Moore, Movies, Frederick Wiseman, Adoption, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News

You could spend an entire film festival going from press conference to round table to one-on-one interviews. I'd rather see the films and worry about interviews some other time.

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Uruguay clears way for gay adoptions

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Uruguay, Adoption, Latin America, Roman Catholic Church, Tabare Vazquez. Socialism, Gays, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Lesbians, Catholic Church, Gay Couples, Lesbian Couples, Gay Marriage, Parental Rights, Adoption Rights, Gay Adoptions, Montevideo, World News

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay is clearing the way for homosexual couples to adopt children. The Senate's final approval Wednesday makes Uruguay...

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Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Small Business, Gamblers, Playboy, George W. Bush, President Obama, Newport, Girls Next Door, Reagan, Northern Kentucky, Harvard, George H.W. Bush, Childhood Barriers, Gerald Ford, Covington Ky, Cincinnati, American College, Single Parent, Bill Clinton, Richard Wolffe, Ford, Father's Expectations, Kentucky, Don McNay, Ky, Motivation, Barack Obama, Adoption, Renegade, Structured Settlements, Obama "Dreams of My Father", Vanderbilt University, The American College, Playboy Bunny, Single Mother, Eastern Kentucky University, Million Dollar Round Table, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Personal Finance, Nixon, Living News

When I read the Obama quote about fathers, it made me wonder what side of the equation I fell on. Was I living up to my father's expectations or making up for his mistakes?

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Michael Jackson's Family to Adopt Larry King, Sources Say

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Cnn, Larry King, Blanket Jackson, Joe Jackson, Adoption, Comedy News

"We love him so very much, so so very much, and we know that Michael would have approved of Larry as his brother," said LaToya Jackson.

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Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Day

Betsy Saul | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Old Dogs, Abandoned Pets, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Pets, Pet Adoption, Petfinder, Animal Abuse, Old-Cat, Adopting Pets, Dog Adoptions, Adoption, Animal Shelter, Living News

it is heartbreaking to see wonderful pets staying in shelters day after day, year after year -- just because they are too large or too shy, have broken limbs, or are the "wrong" color.

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Renegade and Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, Dreams of My Father, Obama, Sarah Palin, Reagan, Gambling, Unwed Mothers, Politics, 2008, Richmond Ky, John Edwards, Richard Wolffe, The Making of the President 1960, The Daily Beast, Lexington KY, Bookmaking, Obama Haters, Covington Catholic High School, Richard Wolffe Renegade, Barack Obama, Adoption, Clu, Playboy Magazine, Playboy Mansion, Born Again, Louisville, Million Dollar Round Table, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Obama's Dreams of My Father, Hillary Clinton, Nixon, Sports Betting, George Bush, 2008 Elections, Playboy, Keith Olbermann, Msnbc, President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, Single Parents, Gerald Ford, Cincinnati, Betting, American College, Newsweek, Playboy Bunnies, Covington Kentucky, Bill Clinton, Structured Settlement, Msfs, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Annuities, Chfc, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Father's Expectations, Don McNay, 2008 Election, Barack Obama 2008, Structured Settlements, Vanderbilt University, Renegade Obama, Playboy Bunny, 2008 Presidential Race, Eastern Kentucky University, George W Bush, Fatherhood, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Hugh Heffner, Renegade, Media News

Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.

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Rescued by the House No One Wanted

Tina Traster | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Rescue, Old House, Suburbia, Burb Appeal, Rescue Plan, Abandoned Pets, Pets, Home Prices, Home Sales, House Renovation, Adopting Pets, Happiness, Adoption, Living News

I have a thing for rescue. Put in certain circumstances I act before I think, especially when crises involve animals. It's a reflex.

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Mother Finds Her Seven-Month-Old Son For Sale On Craigslist (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Adoption Scam, Criagslist Scam, Craigslist, Adoption, Media News

You can find just about anything for sale on Craigslist, even, as one Massachusetts family discovered to their horror, your own baby. After receiving...

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All Children Are Our Children

Lissa Coffey | Posted 08.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Uganda, Foster Care, Volunteering, Charity, Children, India, Giving, Usa, Congo, Adoption, Living News

More and more we are learning that we live in a global community. Because of the internet and ease of travel, it's easier for us to reach out and help children not only in our hometowns, but around the world.

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Mary-Louise Parker Opens Up About Adopting

people.com | Oliver Jones | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mary-Louise Parker, Adoption, Entertainment News

Ever since she was a little girl, Mary-Louise Parker was certain of one thing: one day, when old enough, she would adopt. "I would daydream about it ...

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Naming, and Why It Matters

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Identity, Beloved, Ai Aeiwei, Names, Beijing, Belonging, China, Toni Morrison, Adoption, Living News

With two names in my pocket, I've come to hold vast curiosity about naming and how our lives are impacted by what people call us. (Yes, even the curse words we've been called.)

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Waldman: Still Not Getting It...

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unintended Pregnancy, Prevention, Contraception, Steven Waldman, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Beliefnet, Pro-Choice, Belief, Adoption, Politics News

If women have true choices, increased access to and support for adoption services will not dramatically affect the rate of abortions.

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Waldman and Saletan: Oh, What a Fine Bromance!

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Will Saletan, Steven Waldman, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Adoption, Politics News

Waldman suggests we set up a Presidential commission to study the "sacredness of sex" and that the President start to talk about this as part of his platform. If I want the government to tell me how and what to think about sex, I'll buy a plane ticket to Afghanistan and live under the original Taliban.

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The Bad Mother Conundrum

Libby Mitchell | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Blogs, Nadya Suleman, Dooce, Children, Mothers, Blogging, Adoption, Motherhood, Living News

Does any mother actually feel like they are doing a good job? I am asking these questions due to my (hopefully) impending motherhood. How am I supposed to do their hair? I can barely do mine.

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Brad and Angelina Set To Adopt Two More Black Children

Bill Matthews | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Brad Pitt, Good Times, Madonna Adoption, Angelina Jolie, Different Strokes, Interracial Adoption, Adoption, Webster, Brad and Angelina, Brad Angelina, Brad and Angelina News, Comedy News

In the race to keep their family more ethnically diverse than Madonna's, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have announced they're adopting two more children.

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Shalita O'Neale Pays it Forward

Timothy Cooper | Posted 06.28.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Leadership, Shalita O'Neale, Leaders, Run DMC, Child Abuse, Child Watch, Children, Adopt, No Child Left Behind, Rock, Thought Leaders, Foster Care, Children's Health, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Adoption, Eyes & Ears News

Youth should be sitting around the table with the policy and decision-makers, as no one knows the foster care system better than the youth who've lived in it.

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I Love Xanax

Suz Redfearn | Posted 06.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Wedding, Trainspotting, Infertility, Toddler, Golden Retriever, Old Cat, Valley of the Dolls, David Sedaris, Xanax, Adoption, Ativan, Sleep, Comedy News