Karen's Adoption Links Blog

Пожалуйста, наслаждайтесь этотим торжеством детей и (уже) взрослых, которые были усыновлены из России, Украина, Казахстана, Беларусь, Ўзбекистон, Болгария и Румынии. Мы делимся этими фотографиями, чтобы мир знал, как сильно мы любим своих детей. Mы так же растим наших детей в любви к их родной стране.Здесь представлен всего 300 ребенoк из многих тысяч усыновленных в США ..... но мы, их родители,видим в каждом из своих детей дар от Бога, и радость, чтобы созерцать. Другие дети по-прежнему ждут дома и родителей, которые любят их. Мы уверены,что правительство России сможет найти решение, чтобы у каждого ребенка были родители. ------------ All children are a joy~~ All children deserve the love of a family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol1LvzVCyxE Children grow best in a family. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA4lMsprxUs It is in a family that children will bloom. All children need parents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzkDMcSSNJk Please enjoy this celebration o...

Many adoptive parents are asking where and how to submit Post Placement Reports (PPR) for their adopted children since  several agencies have closed, and other agencies have indicated they are only keeping the reports, but not translating and submitting the PPR to MOE in Russia. This is not a new issue; there have always been agency closures which have left families to finish their Post Placement Reports without the assistance of an agency. In addition, families adopting from some Former Soviet Union countries submit reports until their children is 18 years old under similar self reporting procedures. In Fall 2006, the following advice was obtained for all families who needed to file their own Post Placement Reports: 1.   Use a Licensed Social Worker to do the Post Placement Report 2.   Translate it with a Certified Russian Translator. 3.   Get the Post Placement Report apostilled. 4.   Include 5 pictures 5.   Sample form is...

Children adopted from Russia by USA parents All children are a joy~~ All children deserve the love of a family.

The latest news and Tweets from Pavel Astakhov say the St Petersburg case will not be protested by the prosecutors.

Kaluga , a child came home http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/01/russia-allows-final-child-adoptions-to-leave-for-us/ St Petersburg , in at least one case the prosecutor filed an objection during the 30 days period http://www.interfax.ru/society/news.asp?id=286237 But here the St Pete Childrens ombudsman is arguing for the adoption http://piter.tv/event/Agapitova_otstoyala_pravo/ (In Russian, use a translator)  Earlier this month, St Petersburg cases did proceed.

A caution for families currently in process of adopting in Russia from Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR) http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2013/01/cautionary-statement-for-families-in.html PEAR has become aware of possible scams and exploitative practices being aimed at families currently in the process of adopting from Russia . Read the entire statement at the link above

Fatal Distraction By Gene Weingarten Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 8, 2009 The defendant was an immense man, well over 300 pounds, but in the gravity of his sorrow and shame he seemed larger still. He hunched forward in the sturdy wooden armchair that barely contained him, sobbing softly into tissue after tissue, a leg bouncing nervously under the table. In the first pew of spectators sat his wife, looking stricken, absently twisting her wedding band. The room was a sepulcher. Witnesses spoke softly of events so painful that many lost their composure. When a hospital emergency room nurse described how the defendant had behaved after the police first brought him in, she wept. He was virtually catatonic, she remembered, his eyes shut tight, rocking back and forth, locked away in some unfathomable private torment. He would not speak at all for the longest time, not until the nurse sank down beside him and held his hand. It was only then that the patient began to open...