When the adopted child repeatedly asks her parents to recount the events surrounding her adoption, the story must remain the same.
My own sister saw firsthand the importance of her agency networking with other agencies
when she adopted her children.
When we adopted our children, my husband and I had two easy adoptions, both closed, with little drama.
And in this formula,
when the adopted child eventually grows up and starts asking, «Where do I come from?»
When you adopt a child, there is usually an adjustment period as the child gets used to their new surroundings.
Love this radio episode which talks about what you need to be prepared for
when adopting children over the age of four.
I believe
when you adopt a child, you have to accept this as a part of the child, and learn that there will be a day that child will start asking questions about their first family.
And now the family will be expanding
when they adopt another child.
[4] The North American Council on Adoptable Children provides information on financial assistance to adoptive parents (called adoption subsidies)
when adopting a child with special needs.
You might need proof of a divorce
when adopting a child or getting re-married.
The expenses you incur
when adopting a child can get you a tax credit come filing season, so save your records.
Remember that
when you adopt a child in a foreign country, they will not automatically gain U.S. citizen status.
When adopting a child, many families choose to go through an adoption agency.
I specialize in addressing the unique challenges that families have
when they adopt children who have bonding difficulties; and, in helping individuals fine a stronger purpose and a deeper meaning in life.»
When we adopted our children in 1977 and 1980, we believed their mothers wanted them to be adopted.
When adopting a child from a country that is not a party to the Convention (a non-Convention country), the rules of the orphan visa process apply.
When you adopt a child internationally, your family will become multi-cultural and perhaps inter-racial.
When an adopted child is placed in out of home care.
The parents were often intellectually and emotionally unprepared
when they adopted the child with attachment disorder.
Further, the prospective adoptive parents will be given guidance and training about what to expect
when adopting a child.
When you adopt a child from Haiti, your dossier has to go through a series of steps before you're matched with a little one.
Not exact matches
When Ethiopia stopped allowing its
children to be
adopted by foreign parents in January, it became the latest country to eliminate or sharply curtail the practice.
Mr Reese and his partner Biff Chaplow already have two
adopted children, having taken on Mr Chaplow's toddler niece and nephew
when his sister became suddenly unable to care for them.
Although Amazon's history demonstrates it will not discriminate against employees, LGBT advocates worry about what will happen
when family members look for work, apply for housing or
adopt children.
Employees at Netflix are now permitted to take up to one year of paid parental leave
when they have
children or
adopt, the company announced
When Christians move adoption from the periphery to the center of theological reflection, teaching and counseling, they will lessen the degree to which
adopted children are assigned a second - class status in secular society.
And then...
when the
child is born, the
child can't get
adopted and either lives in a disfunctional family or bounces around in foster care.
Instead of quietly ending his engagement to Mary
when he learned of her unplanned and untimely pregnancy, Joseph went ahead with their marriage, and agreed to become the
adopted father of her
child.
I am the director of an adoption ministry, and have always yearned for the day
when God would give us the opportunity to
adopt a
child.
When I realized I was not able to have biological
children, I made it clear to my husband: «I am ready to
adopt whenever you are.»
Only
when I had a
child of my own did I truly begin to appreciate all that my parents had done for me:
adopting me, raising me, and helping me through the crisis of an unplanned pregnancy.
Remember last week how I told you that
when God
adopts us as His sons, He is taking his own
children, and
adopting them as heirs?
When we believe, we are
adopted into God's family and become His
children.
Many people look at this term «to be
adopted as his sons» and ask «But don't we become
children of God
when we are born again?
When we read in Scripture that we are
children of God by faith in Jesus Christ, and yet we will be
adopted by God we get confused.
Here is the definition of sexual abuse
adopted by the bishops: «Sexual abuse includes contacts or interactions between a
child and an adult
when the
child is being used as an object of sexual gratification for the adult.
They are a death culture and even
when they
adopt they are demonstrating to
children what is necessary to stop the wheel of life from turning.
I do have great difficulty with the first thought — after all, my brother in law died of cancer in early 2014,
when he cared for 3 natural
children and 11
adopted ones.
You are assuming that that is the reason people don't have kids or have few,
when the majority of people I know who limit their number of
children or
adopt or foster do so at least in part for society and the environment.
Even
adopted children know that they originate from the love and the desire of their parents, even
when these are not their biological parents.
We, too, wait with eager hope for the day
when God will give us our full rights as his
adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us.
When was the last time a conservative Christian was not allowed to get married or
adopt a
child?
When I saw the pictures of these kids and read her post yesterday, I literally felt an urge from deep inside of my chest to move there and
adopt these
children.
How I am irresponsible to
adopt when I already have two kids, and my resources will be taken from my lovely
children when they need me.
Sure, that's tough to do
when you've lost your temper or your nerves are frazzled, but remind yourself that your
child is unlikely to
adopt a behavior you can't exhibit yourself.
When you're raising or helping to raise a
child that is not biologically your own, whether you're a stepparent in a blended family, have
adopted or foster
children, or are bringing up your grandchildren, kids may sometimes use this fact against you during the heat of an argument.
Most grandparents are created
when a
child or a
child's partner gives birth, but some grandparents are created
when a
child adopts.
Many may consider avoiding this step
when a family member or friend
adopts a
child, due to the many references to pregnancy, labor, and birth that is associated with baby showers.
So I apply a sense of humor with my
children all of the time, so much so that my
children have now begun to
adopt the same sense of humor with me
when I make the very few mistakes that I make as a parent.
When children adopt the values that dominate commercial culture — dependence on the things we buy for life satisfaction, a «me first» attitude, conformity, impulse buying, and unthinking brand loyalty — the health of democracy and sustainability of our planet are threatened.