I have a now three-year-old daughter who joined our family via adoption from China in 2014. Her adoption happened at breakneck speed, five months start to finish. Our beautiful Cate had an eye tumor that was causing her horrible pain and eating away at the bones of her eye socket. We rushed to get her,…
I have adopted from China four times now. We adopted a little girl in 2012, then a boy in 2013, a girl again in 2014 and one more amazing little girl in 2015. Prior to those four adoptions we had adopted domestically and completed the adoption of four infants over the course of six years,…
April is Limb Loss Awareness Month. Children with limb differences are often available for adoption from China. Occasionally, children with a visible need can be overlooked as they wait to find their family because potential families are afraid of not only how the rest of the world will view the child, but also how they…
Total Files – 2,324 Girls – 632 (27.2%) Boys – 1,692 (72.8%) Dossier First (LID) files – 1 (0.04%) At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 792 (34%), 267 girls/525 boys Over 12 years old – 363 (15.6%), 122 girls/241 boys Over 13 years old – 187 (8%), 63 girls/124 boys Breaking it down: There are 792…
It’s that time of year again! The end of March and the beginning of April are that glorious point in Spring when parents rejoice and start to exit their homes with their children to burn off some of that cabin fever they endured during the long months of cold and snow. We enjoy the smattering…
The advocates here at Red Thread are committed to providing information about special needs adoption from China that helps prospective adoptive parents decide if adoption is right for them. We are also committed to highlighting individual children who are waiting for their families to find them. Special needs highlights are a way to bring together…
In a new series that focuses on writing from the view point of a parent who is currently living it, we reached out to Megan, a mom who is currently completing her second adoption from China. She is at a critical point in the paperwork process and writes eloquently about what every parent feels when…
Total Files – 2,338 Girls – 573 (24.5%) Boys – 1,765 (75.4%) Dossier First (LID) files – 1 (0.04%) Young Children Under 2 – 58 (2.5%), 9 girls/49 boys Under 4 – 371 (15.9%), 86 girls/285 boys At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 788 (33.7%), 266 girls/522 boys Over 12 years old – 370 (15.8%),…
Parents on the adoption journey are told to prepare their hearts and minds that their child may reject one or both parents for a myriad of reasons. While we would like to all say “it will never happen to me”, it very well could. Today’s stories are told from the perspective of both a mom…
Total Files – 2,387 Girls – 667 (27.9%) Boys – 1,720 (72.1%) Dossier First (LID) files – 1 Aging Out (10+ years old) – 800 (33.5%), 275 girls/525 boys Aging Out (12+ years old) – 358 (15%), 123 girls/235 boys Aging Out (13+ years old) – 182 (7.6%), 68 girls/114 boys Breaking it down: There are 800 children age 10 and up…
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