Total Shared List Files – 933 Girls – 312 (33.4%) Boys – 621 (66.6%) Dossier First (LID) files – 1 (0.1%) Under Age 2 Girls – 5 (0.5%) Boys – 10 (1.1%) At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 329 (35.3%), 140 girls/189 boys Over 12 years old – 197 (21.1%), 80 girls/117 boys Over 13 years…
What is your child’s special need? Our daughter, Gigi, is profoundly Deaf. She doesn’t hear anything. When her brain was tested for its response to sound, the Audiologist told us that they maxed out the equipment. Gigi would feel the vibrations, but wouldn’t hear the noise, if a jet engine took off right next to…
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. In the U.S., treatment opportunities for children are endless compared to treatment opportunities for children in other countries. Here in the U.S. we have a social system that will help parents secure care for their critically ill child without bankrupting them. That is not always true in China. Often…
Total Shared List Files – 937 Girls – 323 (34.5%) Boys – 614 (65.5%) Dossier First (LID) files – 1 (0.1%) Under Age 2 Girls – 4 (0.4%) Boys – 14 (1.5%) At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 339 (36.2%), 143 girls/196 boys Over 12 years old – 206 (22%), 84 girls/122 boys Over 13…
About the Author: Becky Ketarkus is mom of 11, four of her children came to her family through international adoption from China. Two of her children spent time on China’s Shared List of waiting children. These children were then adopted through WACAP. Becky is now a proud volunteer for Red Thread Advocates, whose mission involves…
Total Shared List Files – 874 Girls – 285 (32.6%) Boys – 589 (67.3%) Dossier First (LID) files – 3 (o.34%) Under Age 2 Girls – 2 (0.2%) Boys – 12 (1.4%) At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 422 (48.3%), 138 girls/284 boys Over 12 years old – 221 (25.3%), 85 girls/136 boys Over 13 years old – 131 (15%), 47…
Today’s special needs highlight is brought to you in honor of July being Cleft lip/palate awareness month. Our goal with special needs highlights are to provide a fact based look at what parenting a child with a specific special need is like. Are you considering a child with a cleft lip/palate diagnosis? Angie Harvey is…
This is going to be a picture-less blog post. We apologize in advance for that. It deals with some rather sensitive subject matter that we thought long and hard about even discussing. We think it could benefit adoptive parents who are currently walking their own journey with birth parent relationships. Becky’s Story It wasn’t that…
Total Shared List Files – 2,345 Girls – 628 (26.8%) Boys – 1,717 (73.2%) Dossier First (LID) files – 3 (0.13%) Under Age 2 Girls – 7 (0.3%) Boys – 24 (1.0%) At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 796 (33.9%), 267 girls/529 boys Over 12 years old – 362 (15.4%), 121 girls/241 boys…
In 2013 we adopted a little boy from China who was, at the time, 3 years old. His Chinese name was Bo Wen. In our home, he is Bowen. Bowen happens to have Dwarfism. For us, that was pretty much all there was to it. But, for the world, there is so much more. When…
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