Hey Deanna. how long does it take to get started fostering? My wife wants to adopt, but i am ok with helping out any one i can.. -paul
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *sigh* is right. > > I do know someone that did artificial insemination and chose a > Hispanic father because she thought it would be "cool." > > Our first foster son (who was black), was adopted by a small town > white couple, who were pleased that he wasn't "too black" when they > first met him and that his hair wasn't "too curly." > > Our second foster son is being adopted by a couple that I think is > secretly thrilled that they got a white kid, even though they'd never > admit it. > > My cousins refused to do foster to adopt, because they didn't want to > be stuck with a black kid, but a Hispanic kid is okay. > > Foster care & adoption combined with race/ethnicity issues are very > muddy & ugly on many levels. > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:16 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: >>> "I would like to adopt someday, thank you. I think if you adopt, you >>> really have to go brown with it because otherwise you don't get the >>> credit." >>> >>> - Sarah Silverman >> >> I'm trying to read some sense into that statement. There are few >> areas where comedy just "isn't right", and IMO adoption is a big one. >> Maybe it's because my best friend and his wife have been trying to >> close the adoption of their foster-son in Florida. Maybe it's because >> another good friend is adopted and fought for years to find his birth >> parents. >> >> "Go Brown or you don't get the credit"? Adoptive and foster families >> don't get enough credit for opening their homes and hearts to children >> of all ages who have been put through a bureaucratic nightmare without >> so much as an explanation in most cases. >> >> (*sigh*) I'm done for now. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279978 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
