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My grandmother and most adoption educators live by the prepare for the worst and hope for the best philosophy. But does preparing for the worst, then make us see the worst Does adoption education that focuses on the potential problems make adoptive parents paranoid and prone to overreact Tara, a new...
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As a newly adoptive mom, I was the conscientious type. I read all the books and attended more than my share of the lectures. I was determined to ace adoptive parenting. I knew that to get an A I had to instill in my child the cultural identity of her birth country. This, the pundits ......
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I spend my life, or at least it sometimes feels like that, online tooling around the internet. I dig through a lot ofoh, how shall I put this politelynot so good stuff, to find the jewels. Here is what sparkled in the last week or so. I Believe-Music video for the infertile struggling to conceive. ....
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Although we have not confirmed this with the IRS, Creating a Family is hearing that the IRS is sending the majority of returns claiming the adoption tax credit to the correspondence auditors to be reviewed. At that point, they determine which returns will be processed and which will be audited. Last...
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Surely Im not alone up here on the adoptive parenting tightrope. I bet some of you have also been there. Your child is the only kid in the history of your church to get kicked out of the visit site to read more...
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