Everett - Response to 4,5,6

I feel that your blog is interesting to read, and well done. Nice job on your citations, 95 each time. Your notes seemed to become slighly less informative as I went on, I don't know if this is because the article was less informative but your article #6 was the weakest of all of them. I felt that you might have been able to give more information on what the man did in the adoption scam. Good work though. Keep it up.

EM

Katie's 3rd Response

Samara, everything in your articles was correct except for your citations, where you did not put the author's surname first (Moran, Katie). Besides that, I thought the information you've been coming across is very interesting and you're doing a good job connecting with it. Have you found anything about adoption in overpopulated countries, where they're trying to encourage it, like China? That would be a different perspective to the article on Russia. Also, do you think you're going to steer your research towards an international level, or focus it within the US? I'm not sure if there are any adoption agencies around here, or in Maine at all, but they would obviously be a good source to get in touch with. If they were willing, you could also talk to parents who have adopted, and find out what it was like, how long it took, how much money, any strains caused by the process, the reasons.
Nice work!

Jeanette's 3rd Response

Hey Samara. I like your blog and I like your focus about a broad rage of topics under 'Adoption.' The notes were pretty informative. One suggestion I want to make is to put more of your thoughts in the responses. They were good, but if you added more of your thoughts, I think it would help you when you have to write your I-Search. I like where this is going!

p.s, Did you hear/read about the new Maine adoption laws that went into effect this past month? The laws gave adults who had been adopted the right to their birth certificate and information about their birth-parents.

Montecito man arrested in Flordia on warrant for adoption scam

I think that guy was stupid for doing that scam and I'm glad he got arrested. All those people who lost millions... On a happier note, it's good that that one couple will be having a baby in May though.

Montecito man arrested in Flordia on warrant for adoption scam

A man in Florida was arrested for an adoption scam. He is wanted on 62 felony counts. His scam cost his victims millions of dollars. Two of them, a couple who were trying to get pregnant for years through fertilization, lost $75,000 to his scam. They are glad to see him arrested. The good news for this couple is that the wife is expecting in May.

Hoosiers find it harder to adopt from foreign countries

I think not allowing people to adopt internationally is sad. All these children are in orphanages or foster homes when people want to adopt them. When an adoption does go through many times the parents don't know the background of the child. Which is also sad because then they won't know if they'll need to get help for the child medically. I think it's good that people are wanting to adopt domestically, but if one wants to adopt internationally I think they should be able to with out complications.

Hoosiers find it harder to adopt from foreign countries

People trying to adopt internationally are finding it harder than ever. A set of complex factors have made countries such as Guatemala and China, once major sources of adoption from the U.S., hindered on sending out children "causing a four-year slowdown in international adoptions". Adoptions from Guatemala have been stopped since 2007 when their government passed "a law requiring them to comply with the Hague Convention. This requires member countries to regulate the international adoption process more closely". The wait in China can be more than three years. As a result many families find uncertainty about the background of the children they adopt. Now this has made less people want to adopt internationally. "The greater sadness is is thinking about the children who are stuck in orphanages of foster homes in their home countries , while couples in the U.S. are longing for a child".