x-posted ferociously, sorry
Hello, I may have posted something like this before, but I've lost my list...
I am a Romany woman from the Czech Republic. My husband and I have two children through adoption. I volunteer for a support group that helps foster and adoptive families with Romany children. I am starting an English-language e-mail list for adoptive families with Romany kids (full, half, or whatever), and I thought European adoption people would be interested, since most children coming out of Bulgaria, Romania and some other countries are at least half-Romany. I think it's quite difficult, especially for Americans, to find reliable information about Romany communities, while at the same time it can be very important for adoptees to connect with their ethnic heritage. I'd like to provide cultural information and role-model contacts where possible, and to facilitate a network for us parents and, eventually, for our children. Please send me your e-mail address ASAP if you're interested, and please pass on to others as appropriate.
Thank you,
holomkova@yahoo.com
Hi everybody!
I just joined this community tonight. I was looking through adoption communities and was excited to find this one. My name is Trang (Tran) and I'm seventeen years old. I was born in Vietnam and lived there until I was five in foster care with my younger brother. Then I was adopted by an American couple and moved to the states. I fully support international adoption :].
One issue for me and my brother is that our parents are uncomfortable with the idea of us learning more about Vietnam and/or communicating with our biological parents. I would love to get in touch with my native culture, but whenever I tell my mom that she tells me my culture is American. I try to reassure her that it's not going to separate us, but she gets really upset. Why is she upset and is she right? Should I just leave it be?
When we were younger, we got a lot of stares and questions, but growing up in the Pacific Northwest, there wasn't much racism about the adoption. It was more of a - "Are those your parents? Why are they white?" kind of thing.
So, this is kind of pointless, but if you have any questions about anything, feel free to ask!
- Trang
what is a good fundraiser etiquette? if you ask someone once, is it ok to ask them again later? this is going to be a long term thing for us to raise what we need and quite frankly our resources are low. we live in a very small town and only one of us works - and that one person isn't too thrilled about asking people for their money. not to mention, we just moved here not long ago and don't have a whole lot of friends yet. i'm sure i could send things to our parents to help out at their jobs too. but i'm just wondering if someone helps once, is it ok to ask them again later to help again? and how frequently should you ask for help?
Hi All.
My little girl was adopted by a fantastic couple through an open adoption 5 years ago, and I'm relatively close to the entire family. (Sorry, bad pun). Her parents returned from China with their new 1 year old in June. Things are going wonderfully for them thus far.
Angela, their mom, is worried, though, that since I have such close ties to Katarina, that their new daughter, Avery, who knows nothing about her birthparents, will feel jealous/resentful/bitter/left-out of some key things that I am able to offer Katarina. She asked me to kind of "step-up" and play somewhat of the birthmother role for Avery, as much as any random woman could.
My question is, do any of you have contact with one child's birthparents but not the others? Any suggestions on what I could do to make things run more smoothly for their family? Any ideas on what would be appropriate for my relationship with Avery are welcome.
Hi folks! My name is Ryan Greene and I am the new moderator here at the CC Adoption community.
My Background: I am the father of an adorable Korean Adoptee, and am interested in learning from both Adoptees and parents who have adopted about their experiences. Good, bad, what could be done better. I understand that there are some folks who in the past have not been interested in having any kind of constructive dialog on this subject. All I can say is: Take your issues elsewhere. I need to learn more about how to be a good Dad, and I'm sure there are people here who can teach me just that. Intelligent people can disagree and move on. Idiots need to flame to get their point across.
That said, I look forward to hearing and learning with you all!
This community is actively looking for a new moderator. Duties are light. If you are interested, please e-mail me.
Do you think having a sibling of the same race and/or culture will help your child while growing up?
