Back in early November, I was interviewed on adoption issues by a reporter from Seychelles Broadcasting Company's television news arm.

The local version of the report aired a while back, but some of it was repackaged and sent to CNN for their, "World Report" segment. I had word this morning that it will be airing this weekend. There are two versions of "World Report", one on general news, referred to below as 'Program... more

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Half a century before the rest of the world started thinking in such terms, Dr. Korczak was declaring the "Rights of the Child". From the Janusz Korczak Communication Center, here is a partial list:

The child has the right to love. The child has the right to respect. The child... more

Although it's December, today is not for frantic festive prep. It's December 7th, so I write about remembering, and about honor.

A new exhibit opened yesterday at London's Jewish Museum. It honors Dr. Janusz Korczak, the man Betty Jean Lifton's recent book... more

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Doing this for very long ... ten months, let's say ... can result in a blogger getting the idea that they're the smartest person in any given room. After all, we postulate regularly (Can you take something for that?) in a huge forum, people read what we say and sometimes pat us on the back in the comments sections of our blogs. When it comes to our categories, we know our stuff ... enough. ... more

Those of us hired here as bloggers at the beginning of Adoptionblogs.Com have, as of today, been doing this for ten months. Some post more often than others, but I'll bet even those who get nowhere near the 43 per month per blog some of us aim for are seeing happenings in their world, and the bigger one, as blog fodder. It gets under your skin, this blogging thing, and after almost a year identities are bound to be tied to the work in one way or many. I have no idea what criteria was used when the 26 original bloggers were hired. I know there... more

A long and detailed report out of Boston is grabbing the Madonna adoption story by the scruff of its neck and giving it the shake it's been needing. With real-word sensibility, it follows a study paid for my the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, no lightweight in the world of research and development,... more

This research project by the Adoption Institute has come to my attention, and is important enough for an entire post.

I urge all who fit the profile to participate, as it would be a shame if the only adoptees putting forth thoughts and opinions are the same ones who would, if they had their way, close down adoption for everyone and forever.

“Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption”

A Project by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

We need to hear your voice, your experience, your thoughts, and your knowledge. The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute – the pre-eminent... more

Continued from the previous post. Pioneers they were, the Dosses, but still victims of their times. This bit of conversation between two of the Doss kids is typical of 50's thinking.

“I’m going to be a minister and have babies,” Laurie chanted, as she pushed by with her doll buggy.

“Girls aren’t ministers,” Donny decreed. “Would you like to marry a minister and have little... more

With international adoption being the headline-grabbing topic it is today, and half the known world assuming that it's a new-fangled idea that's taken a gaggle of celebs to bring to the fore, it seems a good time for a history lesson. Do the name "Doss" ring a bell?

Fifty plus years ago, Carl and Helen Doss were Mom and Dad to "The Family Nobody Wanted" ... although just about everybody did. The Dosses were the hottest thing since Buckey Beaver started touting Ipanna. (If you don't get the reference, you're too young to read my ... more

From Zimbabwe via RadioAfrica come the thoughts of Professor Stanford Mukasa, and a take on the scavenging press ... bottom feeder that it far too often is ... I like a lot:

For a number of weeks now the main news coming from Malawi has been the so-called controversy surrounding the adoption of David, barely one month into his second year of existence in this world.

Hundreds of journalists and photographers have descended like news... more