Sentences with phrase «as adoptive parents»

Because we married young, we weren't even old enough to be approved as adoptive parents for a few years!

Birth parents will then select the family they would like to meet and consider as adoptive parents for their child.

Prior experience as a foster parent or as an adoptive parent of older children is strongly desirable.

Private licensed social workers are unable to obtain the child abuse history reports and criminal history reports needed to approve individuals as adoptive parents.

If you are new to the adoption process, we encourage you to attend orientation meetings about adoption and to contact public and private agencies as well as adoptive parent groups in your area.

No prospective adoptive parent will be rejected as adoptive parents solely on the basis of a lack of such experience.

The program is staffed by consultants who each have many years of experience as adoptive parents and who have been trained to help other adoptive parents.

At the conclusion of the home study investigation, a family will either be approved as a prospective adoptive family or denied approval as adoptive parents.

A medical evaluation helps the prospective adoptive parents to judge whether or not they are appropriate resources as adoptive parents for a specific child.

As adoptive parents research adoption agencies they should consider the following.

Domestic adoption is the adoption of a child born in the same country as the adoptive parents.

It's important as an adoptive parent to balance that past with the child's new present and future.

And it is our job as adoptive parents to build and support a positive narrative for them.

We hope that you will give us serious consideration as adoptive parents for your baby.

As an adoptive parent who has been bonding with my son since he was three hours old, I am disturbed by the implications of this post.

Just as adoptive parents can't guarantee that they're going to want the birth mother to be a part of the family ten years down the road.

Once you find an organization, you'll want to apply as an adoptive parent.

Any one who wishes to adopt a child must be qualified as an adoptive parent.

Many say they are happy to tell others they are adopted, as their adoptive parents celebrated their adoption with from early on.

Couples or individuals wishing to adopt a child must be approved as adoptive parents after successfully completing a home study investigation.

We would be happy to explore your qualifications as adoptive parents.

Our challenge as an adoptive parent is to meet all these developmental need.

It's tempting to present yourself as who you think someone would want as an adoptive parent, rather than who you really are.

As an adoption coach as well as an adoptive parent, I know it is important for parents to clearly establish that adoption is a suitable topic for family discussion.

All prospective adoptive parents who are considered by a birth parent must be approved as adoptive parents at the conclusion of their home study investigation.

After a thorough investigation of a family they will either be approved as prospective adoptive parents or denied approval as adoptive parents.

The religious beliefs of the prospective adoptive parents may not be discriminated against or considered in their approval or disapproval as adoptive parents.

She has her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, and is currently working as an adoptive parent counselor at The Cradle.

Licensed social workers and individuals or organizations approved by a local court can only perform home study investigations for prospective adoptive parents who can become pre-qualified as adoptive parents by their county's family court (e.g. private domestic independent adoption, kinship adoption).

It has even been done with women who have never lactated such as an adoptive parent.

Licensed social workers can perform home study investigations only for prospective adoptive parents who can become pre-qualified as adoptive parents by their county's family court for kinship, step - parent, second parent, or private independent domestic adoption.

Please understand that the criteria described within this Guide determines the eligibility of an individual or couple to be approved as adoptive parents in New York State.

Monday's summary reversal restores V.L. full rights as an adoptive parent.

because as adoptive parents we care so much that we think of them and the feeling they may be going through and it's always great to read stories from the birthmothers....

In Super Mario Momotarō, two elderly Hammer Bros. play the role as the adoptive parents of Mario and the grandparents of Princess Peach, to the extent that they are called Ojīsan and Obāsan, the Japanese words for grandfather and grandmother.

The marital status of the prospective adoptive parent (s) is not a factor in the acceptance or rejection as adoptive parent (s).

Sexual Orientation or Gender of Prospective Adoptive Parent (s): Prospective adoptive parents may not be discriminated against or rejected as adoptive parents on the basis of sexual orientation or gender.

Similarly, Janice Peyré, president of the federation Enfance & Familles d'Adoption, told the Commission, «As much as adoptive parents are open to the idea of extending adoption» legally and transparently» to homosexuals, adolescents, or adults who have been adopted express genuine reservations.

But she worked through that fear, as adoptive parents need to do).

Fortunately I'm lucky as an adoptive parent to know both of my son's biological parents so I can at least see both his birthmother and his birthfather in him and I can pinpoint the features and mannerisms of him that come from each birthparent which is wonderful and very special and will mean the world to our son someday.

I could not even learn the color of my son's eyes or hair or even something as benign / non-identifying as his adoptive parent's hobbies.

Her many years of experience working with adoptive parents and her outgoing and passionate personality make her a perfect fit for her role as Adoptive Parent Coordinator.

By: Meika Rouda As an adoptive parent I really want to feel that nurture is the dominant influence in a child's personality.

The bargain we make as adoptive parents — one we learned too late — is that once we go down this road, we take on a job that is harder than we'd ever imagined.

When he's at home in Colorado Springs, he is deeply engaged with the issue of puppy mills as the adoptive parent (with wife Pam) of rescued Italian greyhounds.

Some people want to keep everything private which is their decision as an adoptive parent, but if parents don't share how can they expect the school to understand if things start to break down?