Links I think you will like…

By TAO

I thought I would provide a few links of posts that are worth reading.

From “Family Hope Love” Who are the fatherless in the world today? and What the Bible doesn’t say about adoption and orphan care.

From “Gracelings” this link takes you to all posts tagged ethics.  Read them all or just scroll down to read “Culture of Adoption”? because she will make you think about what that really means.

Finally – this blog is fast becoming one of my favorites.  So much passion, great pictures, and a variety of posts mostly on Rhino’s and Elephants and the need for preservation - some posts make you want to cry and others make you smile.  So worth reading.  Fight for Rhinos.

 

Edited because I forgot to add the link to Who are the fatherless in the world today?….sigh…

 

Jackson Katz talk at TEDxFiDiWomen

By TAO

From Ted.com “Jackson Katz: Violence against women—it’s a men’s issue“
“Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called “women’s issues.” But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men’s issues — and shows how these violent behaviors are tied to definitions of manhood. A clarion call for us all — women and men — to call out unacceptable behavior and be leaders of change.

 

Misconception in open adoption…

By TAO

I have seen an increase in comments that domestic open adoption has solved the problem of the adult adoptee not having the same right to their Original Birth Certificate (OBC) as non-adopted, or, that the adopting parents obtained the child’s OBC prior to the adoption so their child won’t be denied the right.

 

The comment that always pops up in discussions about ethics and adoption

By TAO

I am still working on reading all the discussions that have been started since “The Child Catchers” by Kathryn Joyce was published.  Really enjoying seeing both the responses and the pennies dropping.  It’s good – but I knew this comment was coming because it comes up on every discussion on ethics and adoption.  Paraphrased to spare the person who left the comment about why discussing it was bad, and you should only speak to a specific case or agency on a post talking about ethics and corruption in international adoption.

 

Adoption history and the lasting impact of not doing it right…

By TAO

I know – two posts in one day.  I over-did it yesterday and have done my best not to go lay-down and sleep because that will mess up my sleep tonight.  This morning I followed a link from twitter and ended up reading the first link.  I don’t know who provided the link, but reading it made me incredibly sad – not just the lies, but the mis-information that made it so much harder for Michael.  It’s from 1999 and long to be published in the NY Times – about the era when I was adopted.

 

Now I understand…well not really…

By TAO

Apparently why international adoption is such a mess and broken is because of:

“Bureaucratic wrangling and administrative delays have caused this crisis.”

Nothing to do with cases of corruption, or fraud in-country, or overloading an already fragile social system by adoption agencies rushing into a developing country…