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Voice YOUR opinion!!
Bulletin boards to post your opinions on important adoption issues....
YOUR VOICE COUNTS!!!
It's easy...just click on the question you want and post your opinion.
Each week, we will add a new board which presents the same question covered in the current poll which appears on our main index page.
Click on the question below, read the article on the board, and tell us what you think.
What do you think of the new program, Maybe I'm Adopted?
How do YOU handle the holiday season? What are your strategies for coping?
Tell us what you think about holidays...are they difficult for you? While the article is about families waiting to adopt, the holidays can also be difficult for birth family who have relinquished a baby, or for adoptees who are searching. Is it hard to be around family who have little ones when you do not? What strategies have you found that you can share?
Can Caucasians effectively parent children of other cultures?
What's the most stressful part of adopting?
There are so many myths in adoption...which of these myths hit home for you...which do you think are true?
What's the most helpful thing you did while waiting to adopt?
What's the most pressing need for reform in adoption? What about the reforms Heather Lowe feels are necessary?
What kind of help have you sought after your adoption? Was it helpful? When did you seek help?
What do you think would be helpful in the way of support for adoptive families?
What was the most difficult part of your homestudy?
What is your primary reason for searching?
What's the primary cause for the difficulty in adopting a child from foster care?
The government is examining why 72% of children in foster care are still without adoptive homes after 2 years. What is the worst problem in trying to adopt? Bureaucracy? Too much paperwork? Too few social workers? Tell us what you think.
Who should decide on an adoption plan for an unborn child?
Who should have the responsibility for making an adoption plan for a child? Birthmother only? Birthmother & birthfather? or should the grandparents also have a say? or should only those birthfamily members over age 21 have a say? Tell us what you think!
8 is Enough....or is it?
What do you think? Are these kids getting the care they need? Should there be a limit to the number of kids folks are allowed to adopt or foster?
What's your opinion of holding therapy?
A ten year old girl died in April from a "re-birthing" experience. Is this type of therapy too dangerous?
Should you tell the school that your child is adopted?
What should happen to Elian?
The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys has been asked to take a position concerning facilitators and would very much appreciate your input. Facilitators are prohibited in certain states and welcomed in other states. How do you feel about facilitators and or about your states reception to them?
Do you have personal experience with any--good, bad or indifferent? Do you think the prices charged were fair? Did they do a good job? Were you dissatisfied with any aspect in particular, or better yet, satisfied with services provided?
How hard is it to adopt? Have you found it easy? Does the process seem streamlined as Hillary Clinton asserts on the Larry King Live Show?
Should Siblings be adopted separately or should they only be adopted as a Sibling Group?
Salon recently published this article about the pain of separating siblings for adoption, BUT on the other side is the problem of keeping the siblings together, which prevents many children from being adopted. What is the best--for those kids who can be adopted to be separated from their siblings, or to keep the siblings together risking that they will not be adopted at all? What is your opinion?
Who Should be Allowed to Adopt?
Utah recently passed a law allowing only married people and singles to adopt. This prohibits co-habitating same sex or straight couples from adopting, pretty much eliminating gays and lesbians from adopting. Whom do you think should be able to adopt? Does it matter whether people are married or unmarried and co-habitating? Is this just a veiled attempt to discriminate against gays or is it in the best interests of the child? What is your opinion?
48 Hours Adoption Special
Click link above to read about 48 Hours Special on family who adopted from Russia and returned their child after having her at home for 2 years. How much responsibility does the agency bear to alert adoptive parents of problems? Is the agency at fault? Is the family? Is society who could not provide the help they needed? Does this make you more afraid to adopt internationally?
Should mothers be able to abandon their babies to a hospital without being prosecuted for abandonment?
Texas has a new law which allows parents to abandon their newborns legally instead of being prosecuted for abandonment. Other states are considering enacting similar laws. Is this a good idea? Will it prevent mothers from putting their infants in dumpsters? Or is it another step in the disintegration of the family?
What do you think about the decision to return a 10-month-old to her 25-year-old birthfather?
Click here and read story.
Is there any age where a child should *not* be taken away from adoptive parents?
Is counseling necessary or important for expectant parents considering adoption?
Are women with crisis pregnancies pressured into adoption? Would it help everyone if the parents-to-be had counseling and were supported throughout the pregnancy and after with support groups? Or what is needed in this area
What do think about Adoption Fairs? Did you see the 60 Minutes TV show about them?
What is your opinion? Are they a good way to find homes for children in need? Or are they merchandizing children and making things worse by exposing children to more rejection? What do you think?
Are all members of the adoption community treated with equal respect?
What is your opinion on how different members of the adoption community are treated? Do the professionals have too much power? Are adoptees treated with respect or like little children who do not know what's best for them? Are adoptive parents given the most respect? What about birth family members? Are they treated with respect? Or are they simply ignored?
Should BabyT, aged 3, be returned to his birthmother? Is this a race case?
How (or do you) Celebrate National Adoption Month?
Do you celebrate National Adoption Month? Why/why not?
Do Adoptive Families Differ from Bio Families?
So far the poll indicates that most people feel there is no difference between adoptive and bio families...But the article in the board above states there IS a difference...What do you think? Do you think it matters if you adopt a baby vs an older child? Are families just all different anyway or are there "real," substantial differences between bio and adoptive families.
What Would You Have Done Differently in Adoption?
If you had it to do again, with the experience/knowledge you now have, what would you have done differently?
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