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Aaaaannnnd ... there goes another kid, back to Russia
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 587002" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Adopting a child from another country SOUNDS like a great thing but I always wonder about it. I do think some of the requirements to adopt here in the US are not the greatest, esp as so many children even as babies end up unadopted or are considered unadoptable. I know people who would be amazing parents who very much want to adopt but ten or twelve years later are still waiting, and not just for an infant. The most amazing sp ed teacher we had kept trying to adopt. She and her husband couldn't because she has epilepsy. It is treated, very well controlled and she hasn't had a seizure since her early teens. But she and her husband cannot adopt because of her epilepsy and they tried everything possible even private adoption. They cannot afford a private adoption, and saved for almost eight years to do a foreign adoption. They couldn't do the foreign adoption because even after all the saving they could not afford to fly to another country multiple times. She fell in love with a child in an orphanage overseas, but there was always one more trip that had to be made. Personally it sounded like a scam esp after she found out that this particular country refused to release children unless you could pay large bribes to officials on top of the travel and fees required. It broke my heart when she got hurt so badly. She was the most amazing mom to her husband's adult (when I met her) daughter. </p><p></p><p>Twelve is a hard enough age with-o having to move to another country and learn to fit in with a family. I feel bad that the kid had to live on the streets for so long, esp after his adoptive parents made him work and took his money (if that is the truth). I wish someone had known the story and been willing/able to help, or that he had known to contact the Russian Embassy or whatever it is called. Though I do not know if they would have helped him, at least it would have been a little bit of home to know where it was and/or be in contact with them.</p><p></p><p>How could anyone have thought that the adoption of a twelve year old from a different country and culture was a good thing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 587002, member: 1233"] Adopting a child from another country SOUNDS like a great thing but I always wonder about it. I do think some of the requirements to adopt here in the US are not the greatest, esp as so many children even as babies end up unadopted or are considered unadoptable. I know people who would be amazing parents who very much want to adopt but ten or twelve years later are still waiting, and not just for an infant. The most amazing sp ed teacher we had kept trying to adopt. She and her husband couldn't because she has epilepsy. It is treated, very well controlled and she hasn't had a seizure since her early teens. But she and her husband cannot adopt because of her epilepsy and they tried everything possible even private adoption. They cannot afford a private adoption, and saved for almost eight years to do a foreign adoption. They couldn't do the foreign adoption because even after all the saving they could not afford to fly to another country multiple times. She fell in love with a child in an orphanage overseas, but there was always one more trip that had to be made. Personally it sounded like a scam esp after she found out that this particular country refused to release children unless you could pay large bribes to officials on top of the travel and fees required. It broke my heart when she got hurt so badly. She was the most amazing mom to her husband's adult (when I met her) daughter. Twelve is a hard enough age with-o having to move to another country and learn to fit in with a family. I feel bad that the kid had to live on the streets for so long, esp after his adoptive parents made him work and took his money (if that is the truth). I wish someone had known the story and been willing/able to help, or that he had known to contact the Russian Embassy or whatever it is called. Though I do not know if they would have helped him, at least it would have been a little bit of home to know where it was and/or be in contact with them. How could anyone have thought that the adoption of a twelve year old from a different country and culture was a good thing? [/QUOTE]
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