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Simply saying 'Adoption Day' does not differentiate between our children's placement and finalization dates, so 'Gotcha Day' is a less confusing name for us." [6] Arguments against include the opinion that it puts the focus on the adult's experience of events and demeans that of the adoptee. [7] "'Gotcha' for parents means 'lost-ya' for ...
On National Adoption Day courts and communities in the United States come together to finalize thousands of adoption of children from foster care. More than 300 events are held each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November, in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to finalize the adoptions of children in foster ...
Adoption is a beautiful thing. There are currently over 117,000 children in the United States alone waiting to be welcomed into loving families, and adopting a child is an amazing way for ...
Among the new parents was 31-year-old Landon Carter Wilson, who stood out not just for adopting three siblings — ages 7, 5, and 1 — but for doing so as a single father. ... National Adoption ...
Pro-transracial adoption advocates argue that there are more white families seeking to adopt than there are minority families; conversely, there are more minority children available for adoption. For example, in 2009, 41% of children available for adoption were African American, 40% were white children, and 15% were Hispanic children. [28]
This year was the 22nd National Adoption Day ceremony in Massachusetts, celebrated at courts throughout the state as part of the larger National Adoption Month, an adoption awareness initiative ...
Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them. Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal
I didn't have a name when I was adopted — I was called "Baby No. 3," writes television writer and producer Marissa Jo Cerar in a personal essay for TODAY.