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I have received some replies, but I often question the quality of the call. I have not been ripped -off, but I am being very careful.

I am considering other metholds of attracting birthmothers.

It seems to me that there must be plenty of birthmothers willing to give up their baby if they could connect to people wanting to adopt.

Looking to adopt soon,

Arlene
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I am looking for feedback in personal, couple or familying counseling.

In other times that I have asked this question, I have gotten a range of answers from really great to it did not help at all.

Can you relate your experience in counseling?
Thanks,
Just Wondering]]> http://www.abcadoptions.com/sphpblog/index.php?entry=entry061031-081945 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Just thought I would throw that out. Any feedback?
Twigs,
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After thinking about it for a while, I decide that there must be a situation for all ages. Maybe you agree, maybe you don't. I would love to hear what you think. Have a wonderful fall day.
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My advice is not to waste a moment on those letters, unless you want to play an adoption game.

Get real, it's not there. Face it, you are not going to send any money to Africa nor buy a ticket for anyone to come here, so why bother!

Do you have any International letter experience?

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Comments? whoooo! scary subject! Right.

Would it matter what you say if I signed Latisha or Betty.

Betty Latisha
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What happened to the girl in trouble who wants to find a family who she can trust and consider an extended family and what happened to the nice adopting parents.

Are there too many adopting parents who want to adopt and adopt now! No time to build a repport, give me the answer now! Is it yes or no! If no you are a ripoff!

You tore my heart out and I'll never be the same.

Best wishes,
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INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION BY THE NUMBERS

THE POLITICS OF FOREIGN ADOPTION

226,546

Number of children adopted from foreign countries by U.S. families in the past 15 years

22,728

Number of children adopted from foreign countries by U.S. families last year

1,497

Number of children adopted from foreign countries by California families in 2003. Only New York had more.

700,000

Children living in Russian orphanages

375,000

Children living in Kazakh orphanages

13.2 million

Children orphaned because of AIDS in Africa. That number is expected to rise to 42 million by the year 2010.

60

Percentage of children with medical issues adopted from foreign countries by U.S. families

80

Percentage of those adoptive parents who had no idea their child had medical issues until he or she arrived

28

International adoption clinics in the United States

$10,000-$35,000

Cost of an international adoption versus the $4,000 to $30,000 for a domestic adoption

786

Number of U.S. children adopted by Canadians between 1993 and 2002

Jennifer
Guest Posting for ABC Adoptions

Sources: U.S. Department of State, National Adoption Clearinghouse of Information

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Adopting parents need to be vigilant in pursing birthmothers. It seems that they fall all over themselves when the phone rings.

How about verifying a little infomation. Who is she? Where does she live, what does she do? Come on! Compare it to anything else.

Do birthmothers get a free ticket? Adopting parents take the hook, line and sinker! Adopting parents need to get real and get past the heart strings.

It's business! Adopting parents do not want to admit, but it is true. How the trust is built over a phone call is beyond me. No attorney, no professional, just the ideal that you feel good about this person.

In closing, i would like to add a new phrase, 'We scammed ourselves".

Jennifer
Contributing writer for ABC Adoptions

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Often through political correctness, we think that every adoptee has a hunger to know where his parents are and what the story was that lead up to has adoption. I am here to tell you that is not always the case.

Even to the dismay of the adoptive parents, sometimes the adoptee simply does not know or care about his history beyond the life as he has it.

It is like a bio-child not caring where he came from before birth. I have not given it much thought, but I really don't care beyond what I know now where I cam from

So you adoptive parents that want to build up the big open adoption story and what it took to adopt you child, take it easy a little and test the water to see if your adoptive child cares to hear the story or simply just wants a closed adoption and "wants to be a regular Kid". Maybe not popular in this correct world, but I can see Reggie's point.

Best wishes,
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