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China adoption news for October, 2006October 31, 2006Adoptive parents gather to share experiences "It’s not every day you can walk into a Mexican restaurant in Central Indiana and see 20 Chinese children. That must mean it's Friday."more>> October 31, 2006 International Adoptions -- and Questions about them -- are on the Rise "Pop diva Madonna’s recent decision to travel to Africa and adopt David Banda, a one-year-old Malawi boy, has touched off a firestorm of emotions, ranging from accusations that she used a star status to bypass the normal adoption channels to raising questions about why people adopt overseas while so many children go unadopted at home."more>> October 31, 2006 Girls began friendship in Chinese orphanage "Mike and Kathy Perry and Bob and Barb Kilbourn have been friends for the past 30 years. The couples went through the births of their children together and also the adoptions of their daughters from China."more>> October 31, 2006 Adopting from China: Forget what you know "I never realized I could have so much in common with someone who lived on the other side of the world."more>> October 30, 2006 National Adoption Month, 2006 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America "During National Adoption Month, we encourage the adoption of young people in need, and we honor the adoptive and foster families who have offered children a loving and supportive home."more>> October 30, 2006 Steven Curtis Chapman hopes Madonna controversy won't discourage adoptive parents "Steven Curtis Chapman hopes that the recent negative attention surrounding Madonna's pendingadoption of an African baby will ultimately inspire others to recognize the need and adopt children as well."more>> October 30, 2006 The adoption option Families open their hearts and homes to children here and abroad "People consider adoption for many reasons, and whether they choose domestic, international or foster-care adoption can vary. But one thing is the same: All hope to make life better for a child who doesn't have a family or a place to call home."more>> October 29, 2006 As U.S. obstacles grow, foreign adoptions boom "Angelina Jolie adopted from Cambodia and Ethiopia. Madonna, as most of the planet knows, seeks to adopt from Malawi. And ordinary Americans adopt foreign-born children by the thousands each year – a rate that has tripled in the last decade. But with close to 120,000 children waiting in the U.S. foster care system, what's driving the push in overseas adoptions? It's an emotional issue that goes to the heart of what people are seeking when they adopt a child – and the obstacles they can face in the U.S."more>> October 29, 2006 Making room for one more More people going overseas to expand families "No matter what images floated through her mind while she slept, at one point they were interrupted by the arrival of a sobbing, dark-haired little girl with Asian features who would wrap her arms around her legs and say 'Mommy, bring me home.'"more>> October 28, 2006 Unconventional, but... "THE POP STAR Madonna's adoption of a year-old boy in Malawi broke just about every rule of international adoption except one or two. I should know. My wife and I adopted two girls from China 13 and 12 years ago."more>> October 24, 2006 Life enrichment found through adoption process "My name is Joshua Kim Dockum, and I am adopted. Furthermore, I am not ashamed. I am proud of my parents, and I encourage people to consider adopting."more>> October 23, 2006 Adoptive families helped by area agency celebrate "Lori and Jeff Petrie will travel to China next week to expand their family of four to a family of five."more>> October 23, 2006 Adoptive family finds new Hope "In China, she was Wu Feng Mai, a baby without a home, named for the county where she was born. Today, she is Hope, a 20-month-old cherished by a couple in Montgomery, named for what she represents."more>> October 22, 2006 Love knows no borders "WHEN the news emerged that Madonna was the latest megastar to adopt from overseas my heart sank. As a parent of a daughter from China, adopted two years ago, I knew our very ordinary family life would be reflected and distorted through a celebrity lens."more>> October 21, 2006 Beyond a culture issue The last paragraph says it all. I couldn't have said it any better. "Too much stock, however, is being put on cultural history if it would stop children without homes from acquiring one. It's much better to have food, family and hope for a future than this elusive cultural identity. The culture one should strive to share is that of civilization; the race one should honor is the human one."more>> October 21, 2006 Cedar Resident Receives National Recognition For Adoption "Cedar City resident Stefani Ellison has helped children all over the world to find good homes, and she doesn’t intend to quit. Because of her work in saving children in China, Ellison recently received the “Angels In Adoption” award in Washington D.C. from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute."more>> October 21, 2006 Why all the backlash over Madonna, baby? "Madonna and child. It's an image fiercely evocative of maternal love and devotion. But apparently not this Madonna and not that child, uh-uh."more>> October 21, 2006 U.S. adoption agencies ask, "Why don't they look here?" " Angelina Jolie adopted from Cambodia and Ethiopia. Madonna, as most of the planet knows, is adopting from Malawi. And ordinary Americans adopt foreign-born children by the thousands each year — a rate that has tripled in the past decade."more>> October 20, 2006 This article is written by a lecturer of journalisn in Malawi. It urges the readers to consider adoption as part of the solution to Malawi's orphan crisis that has been by HIV/AIDS.
Revisit law of child adoption "Some Western families and individuals have gone only as far as financially supporting a Malawian orphan through organisations like World Vision. Maybe others would want to adopt permanently. Who knows, now that a light has been shed on Malawi’s situation through the recent international media coverage, others might want to follow Mrs. Ritchie’s (Madonna) footsteps?"more>> October 18, 2006 Potential pitfalls of adopting abroad "China, having recently opened its doors to the West and with thousands of girls available for adoption, has now become the first port of call for many would-be adoptive parents."more>> October 14, 2006 Chinese student happy to share her culture with local community through music "Jing Yi Yuan's life is similar to that of most 18-year-old girls. She goes to school, helps around the house, likes to talk on the phone, loves to shop and gets grounded if she breaks curfew. There are some big differences, too."more>> October 12, 2006 Are celeb adoptions good for kids? Stars' motives in Africa questioned by some; others decry cynicism "JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Reports that Madonna may have adopted a Malawian child have focused attention on foreign adoptions in Africa -- and raised questions about whether it's in an African child's best interest to be taken away to the wealthy West." more>> October 12, 2006 Backlash over Madonna's African adoption "Popstar Madonna and husband Guy Richie are facing a backlash from international agencies and social workers over their controversial decision to adopt an African baby." more>> October 12, 2006 Red tape delays Asha's addition to Huntsman clan "Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. had hoped to bring home the 10-month-old girl he and first lady Mary Kaye Huntsman are adopting from India when he returns from a trade mission to China next week. Huntsman FamilyGov. Jon Huntsman Jr. had hoped to bring Asha Bharati, above, home with him next week. But Huntsman had to cancel plans to travel to the orphanage, located in the western India city of Porbundar, when he learned that the baby's adoption paperwork won't be completed for at least another month." more>> October 6, 2006 Madonna's mission is purely a selfish one "From Material Girl to Maternal Girl, the mistress of reinvention is at it again. This week's incarnation saw Madonna outside a children's home in Malawi, fuelling speculation that she is adopting an African orphan." more October 6, 2006 Dancing in the moonlight "Paper lanterns, swaying festively in the wind, dangled from the audience members’ hands at the Asian American Student Association and the Vietnamese American Student Association’s annual Lunar Festival." more>> October 5, 2006 New little sister "AJ and Dawn Schneider now have one more thing to keep them busy: Lia, their new bundle of joy from China." more>> October 2, 2006 Foundation aids in overseas adoption "Deb Wollrab was in China to adopt a child and feeling a bit apprehensive about being half a world away from home. Then she met Jane Liedtke, founder of Our Chinese Daughters Foundation." more>> Return to www.china-adoption-threads.com
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