By now we’ve all heard about–and been closely watching–the story of Torry Hansen of Tennessee, who attempted to adopt a little boy from Russia, but found him to have psychological problems so severe that she feared for her safety.  If you’ve been living under a rock recently, you can find the story here, among other [...]

I was thinking about this because I read this story, about a woman who adopted a baby girl from Guatemala, and soon after she got the baby home, she found a mass in her little belly.  It turned out the girl, whose name was Gloria Joy, had Stage 4 liver cancer.  She had a round [...]

I was just reading on Adoption.com that in 2008, no families from the US adopted any kids from Chile.  I wonder if that will change since they had their big earthquake last week.  Almost 1700 people were killed in either the earthquake or the subsequent tsunami.  Did they leave behind children who need homes? Chile’s [...]

This place, the Ranch for Kids, was founded by Joyce Sterkel, to help families who are having difficulty with their adopted kids.  This is especially true for kids who are from other countries.  People don’t realize how difficult it can be for kids to be suddenly transplanted from one culture to another, and nobody tells [...]

I hope I’m not undoing any good that this news story has done.  I couldn’t help but notice that in this article about Connor Cruise, the14-year-old  son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, there was no mention made of Connor being Tom and Nicole’s “adopted son.” I’ve seen so many articles that insist on mentioning [...]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that even though adoption benefits constitute a miniscule amount of corporate spending, most corporations are cutting them, anyway, in an effort to make ends meet in a shrinking economy. Of course, there are some things they can’t do–the Family Leave Act guarantees a new parent up to 12 weeks [...]

Image courtesy of US Magazine This story has been going on for quite a while, but it seems to be drawing to close.  A Malawi Supreme Court Judge has approved Madonna’s application to adopt 3-year-old Chifundo “Mercy” James.    The problem had to do with a residency law that said that to adopt a Malawian [...]