<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption.com News</title><link>http://news.adoption.com</link><description>Adoption.com News</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:23:32 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:23:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Reader Warns Against Having Unwanted Child -- chicagotribune.com</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/reader-warns-against-having-unwanted-child-chicagotribunecom</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:47:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/reader-warns-against-having-unwanted-child-chicagotribunecom</guid><author>MamaS</author><description><![CDATA[Dear Amy: Reader shares experience of unwanted pregnancy that affected family for generations.]]></description></item><item><title>Mother Full Circle with Her Seven Daughters</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/mother-full-circle-with-her-seven-daughters</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/mother-full-circle-with-her-seven-daughters</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A rather unusual, yet heart-warming celebration was held Friday, August 15, to mark the fifth anniversary of Shirley Hanna being together with all of her seven daughters. On Labour Day weekend...]]></description></item><item><title>Classes Can Help Make Young Parents Better Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/classes-can-help-make-young-parents-better-parents</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/classes-can-help-make-young-parents-better-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[After reading a baby T-shirt proclaming “I don’t come with instructions,” Robin Newnan laughed, and then grabbed up several of them for the grandbabies she’s expecting in the next few months....]]></description></item><item><title>Children Wait Too Long for Parents to Shape Up</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/children-wait-too-long-for-parents-to-shape-up</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/children-wait-too-long-for-parents-to-shape-up</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Crime sadly is a fact of life. People choose to break the law, sometimes repeatedly. Often, they are given multiple chances to reform. Unfortunately, among the many innocent victims...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Gives Ultimate Gift to Sister</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-gives-ultimate-gift-to-sister</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-gives-ultimate-gift-to-sister</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It was around the same time that sisters Joanne Agnew and Sylvia Berrey, just a year apart in age, decided to start their own families. They fully expected to soon be sharing the joys...]]></description></item><item><title>Colorado's Unsung Heroes are Foster Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/colorados-unsung-heroes-are-foster-parents</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/colorados-unsung-heroes-are-foster-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As the Post noted in its editorial of August 14, seven-year-old Chandler Grafner, whose guardian was sentenced to life imprisonment for the little boy's starving death, is not alone....]]></description></item><item><title>Birth Mother Frustrated Over State Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/birth-mother-frustrated-over-state-adoption</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/birth-mother-frustrated-over-state-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Two and a half years ago, the Division of Children Youth and Families offered a woman we’ll call Michelle a special opportunity. The reason DCYF was even talking to her was that she was...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Beats Odds of Survival, Now Mother</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-beats-odds-of-survival-now-mother</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-beats-odds-of-survival-now-mother</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It's been nearly six years since a pregnant Tracey Schoettelkotte crumpled to the floor of her parents' home. Hours later doctors told her a massive brain tumor would soon...]]></description></item><item><title>Baby Joy for Couple</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/baby-joy-for-couple</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/baby-joy-for-couple</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[They fought a landmark legal case for the right to keep their youngest child after the forcible adoption of their first three children in what has been described as ‘an appalling miscarriage of justice...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Shares Experiences of Being a Teenage Mother</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-shares-experiences-of-being-a-teenage-mother</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-shares-experiences-of-being-a-teenage-mother</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Brittney Leece was thinking back, not ahead, in the spring when she walked across the Napoleon High School stage to get her diploma. "It was a relief, a big stress off my shoulders," said the tall...]]></description></item><item><title>Ad Council Releases New PSAs Targeting Black Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/ad-council-releases-new-psas-targeting-black-parents</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/ad-council-releases-new-psas-targeting-black-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Almost everyone agrees that good parents are important to a child's development. That's also a big topic of conversation in the black community, as presidential candidate Barack Obama...]]></description></item><item><title>Surrogate Baby Stuck in Legal Limbo</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/surrogate-baby-stuck-in-legal-limbo</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/surrogate-baby-stuck-in-legal-limbo</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Baby Manjhi has no nationality, no legal mother and no clear path home from India to Japan to a father and grandmother who desperately want her. "From deep inside my heart, I want to return...]]></description></item><item><title>Only Doesn't Mean Lonely</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/only-doesnt-mean-lonely</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/only-doesnt-mean-lonely</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Shereen Peterson worries about her son.There are the usual worries, sure. Sugar, sleep, tantrums, germs. But the big one--the nagging worry that has latched on to her psyche with all...]]></description></item><item><title>Chiropractor Offers Pointers on Parenting</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/chiropractor-offers-pointers-on-parenting</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/chiropractor-offers-pointers-on-parenting</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Yost Family Chiropractic in Urbandale offered a free class Monday to answer questions from expecting or new parents. Heather Yost, a mother of twins, learned from her pregnancy that...]]></description></item><item><title>Keeping Pregnant, Parenting Moms from Dropping Out</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/keeping-pregnant-parenting-moms-from-dropping-out</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/keeping-pregnant-parenting-moms-from-dropping-out</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Shanell Stampley desperately wanted to stay in high school after giving birth just before her freshman year. "I'm like, if I don't get an education, then how am I supposed to take care...]]></description></item><item><title>Australia Birth Rate at 25-Yr High</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/australia-birth-rate-at-25-yr-high</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/australia-birth-rate-at-25-yr-high</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Australia's birth rate has hit a 25-year high, but government urgings to "have one for mum, one for dad, and one for the country", and cash payments for newborns have had little impact...]]></description></item><item><title>Men in the Family Beat the Birthday Odds</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/men-in-the-family-beat-the-birthday-odds</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/men-in-the-family-beat-the-birthday-odds</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[What are the odds of a father, child and grandchild sharing the same birthday and all born naturally? Try 1 in 48,627,125, said Jon Lindskoog of Denair, who had an engineer do the calculation....]]></description></item><item><title>Kids Safer With Biological Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/kids-safer-with-biological-parents</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/kids-safer-with-biological-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A U.S. researcher found children living with unrelated adults are more likely than those living with biological parents to die of maltreatment-related injuries. The study, published...]]></description></item><item><title>Biological Fathers Not always the Best</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/biological-fathers-not-always-the-best</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/biological-fathers-not-always-the-best</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Married social fathers exhibited equal or better quality parenting behaviors than married and cohabiting biological fathers, a U.S. study found. The study, published in the Journal...]]></description></item><item><title>Couple Forced Apart Marry 45 Years Later</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/couple-forced-apart-marry-45-years-later</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/couple-forced-apart-marry-45-years-later</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Couple who were forced apart when they had a child out of wedlock more than 45 years ago have finally married, with their long-lost son at the wedding. Childhood sweethearts Sylvia and Denis Gregory were...]]></description></item><item><title>"The Best Thing We've Ever Done"</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/the-best-thing-weve-ever-done</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/the-best-thing-weve-ever-done</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Bill and Jennifer Simpson are new parents. They may not have done it the traditional way, with nine months of pregnancy and discomfort, but the end result was the same: a healthy and happy...]]></description></item><item><title>Program Helps Parents Connect with Kids from Overseas</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/program-helps-parents-connect-with-kids-from-overseas-1</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/program-helps-parents-connect-with-kids-from-overseas-1</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Before leaving Colombia for a five-week stay with a host family in Hollis, three siblings used the Internet to find out what life in New Hampshire would be like. The children are used...]]></description></item><item><title>Boost for Safe Motherhood in Kwara</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/boost-for-safe-motherhood-in-kwara</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/boost-for-safe-motherhood-in-kwara</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[All the women were overjoyed, but they were not completely surprised by the kind gesture of the Kwara State First Lady and President of the Kwara State Officials’ Wives Association...]]></description></item><item><title>Parents Proud of Record 18th Baby</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parents-proud-of-record-18th-baby</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parents-proud-of-record-18th-baby</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For the Ionce family, the birth of a baby girl is special in itself. But the fact that she's baby No. 18 for parents Alexandru and Livia makes her even more special. Baby Abigail's birth Tuesday...]]></description></item><item><title>Incidentally Single, Intentionally Mothers</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/incidentally-single-intentionally-mothers</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/incidentally-single-intentionally-mothers</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Women in their 30s and 40s are increasingly choosing to become parents without partners, challenging stereotypes and conventions. Who are they, why are they choosing single motherhood, and what...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Born Without a Womb to Have Child</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-born-without-a-womb-to-have-child</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-born-without-a-womb-to-have-child</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Mother-of-two Kate Housley, 32, made her suggestion to Fiona and Andrew O'Driscoll just five days before their wedding. She will now carry their IVF baby for nine months and give it up to the...]]></description></item><item><title>Not Everyone Minds Their Own Business</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/not-everyone-minds-their-own-business</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/not-everyone-minds-their-own-business</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Lacking a proper topic for this week’s column, I thought I would share the top three outrageous and rude things people have said to me over the years. Either about my kids or about my parenting....]]></description></item><item><title>Maternity Leave Entitlement To Change</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/maternity-leave-entitlement-to-change</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/maternity-leave-entitlement-to-change</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Having a baby in Northern Ireland while carrying on with a career is set to get easier. NI Employment Minister Sir Reg Empey today announced that from October working parents on maternity or...]]></description></item><item><title>Love the Roots You Grow From</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/love-the-roots-you-grow-from</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/love-the-roots-you-grow-from</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[We all have ancestors. No matter for how many generations our families have lived in this country, it could be said that we were all immigrants at some (distant or near) past....]]></description></item><item><title>Australian Childless Couple Get Parent Hood through Surrogacy in India</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/australian-childless-couple-get-parent-hood-through-surrogacy-in-india</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/australian-childless-couple-get-parent-hood-through-surrogacy-in-india</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When we talk about the happiest moments in life are many but some are very special. Such as becoming father or mother. Planning has been on the track for upcoming child. It’s not new for...]]></description></item><item><title>The 8 Ideals of Attachment Parenting</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/the-8-ideals-of-attachment-parenting</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/the-8-ideals-of-attachment-parenting</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The 8 ideals of attachment parenting: • Preparation for childbirth: Making decisions about birth that allow for immediate bonding between mother and baby. • Emotional responsiveness...]]></description></item><item><title>Call to Drop Marriage Bar on Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/call-to-drop-marriage-bar-on-adoption</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/call-to-drop-marriage-bar-on-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Married couples facing crisis pregnancies should have the option to place their child for adoption, according to the Crisis Pregnancy Agency. The agency also said that most people...]]></description></item><item><title>First-Time Moms Getting Older</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/first-time-moms-getting-older</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/first-time-moms-getting-older</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It’s been 19 weeks and Tatiana Chabeaux-Smith’s bump is starting to show. Her pregnancy was an Easter weekend special – that’s when she got word on her “basket of eggs.”...]]></description></item><item><title>Paid Family and Sick Leave Campaigns</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/paid-family-and-sick-leave-campaigns</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/paid-family-and-sick-leave-campaigns</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For most US workers, getting sick with the cold or flu is simply an inconvenience that means taking a few paid days off of work until they feel better enough to get back on the job. But for...]]></description></item><item><title>Glamorizing of Pregnant Teens Disturbs Parents, Others</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/glamorizing-of-pregnant-teens-disturbs-parents-others</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/glamorizing-of-pregnant-teens-disturbs-parents-others</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Seventeen-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears looks like a fresh-faced teen with her newborn girl on the cover of a recent OK! magazine. In the Academy Award-winning movie "Juno,"...]]></description></item><item><title>Agency Offers Options for Distressed Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/agency-offers-options-for-distressed-parents</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/agency-offers-options-for-distressed-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Like an ocean, parenting ebbs and flows with moments of pure euphoria and pulses of extreme terror. But though it can be overwhelming, many have said, there's no greater joy than being a parent....]]></description></item><item><title>Good Parenting Can Help Reduce Childhood Violence</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/good-parenting-can-help-reduce-childhood-violence</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/good-parenting-can-help-reduce-childhood-violence</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[I was driving home from an appointment recently and noticed approximately 20 elementary school children gathering in the street. Stopping the car to inquire what was happening...]]></description></item><item><title>Family Resources, Parenting Quality Influence Children's Early Cognitive Development</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/family-resources-parenting-quality-influence-childrens-early-cognitive-development</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/family-resources-parenting-quality-influence-childrens-early-cognitive-development</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Even among low-income families, mothers with greater social and economic resources were more supportive in parenting their children than those with fewer resources, which in turn influenced the...]]></description></item><item><title>Family Crisis: Parents Failing to Bring Up Their Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/family-crisis-parents-failing-to-bring-up-their-children</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:50:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/family-crisis-parents-failing-to-bring-up-their-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Recently, the Nation featured a banner headline proclaiming that youth, some as young as 11, are abusing drugs as their parents and teachers turn a blind eye. The report was based on...]]></description></item><item><title>Birth Mom Breaks New Ground</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/birth-mom-breaks-new-ground</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:50:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/birth-mom-breaks-new-ground</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[And babies make five. It may take two to tango, but it took three to make the babies a Plant City woman delivered last month on behalf of a South Florida couple. Ashley Alice and Lucas Edwin...]]></description></item><item><title>Parents, Get Help Keeping Your Cool</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parents-get-help-keeping-your-cool</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parents-get-help-keeping-your-cool</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Summer time is here sunny days, no school, family vacations and lots of time with the kids. An idyllic time, of which memories are made. It is also a time when parents deal with increased...]]></description></item><item><title>Talking with the Colorado Parents of the Year</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/talking-with-the-colorado-parents-of-the-year</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/talking-with-the-colorado-parents-of-the-year</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[...if we have any secrets other than for us in our situation with kids who were adopted from another country I think one of the few secrets to that is that we experience their walk through...]]></description></item><item><title>Heartbreak, Joy, Then Heartbreak Again for Woman</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/heartbreak-joy-then-heartbreak-again-for-woman</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/heartbreak-joy-then-heartbreak-again-for-woman</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Giving up her newborn son for adoption was the hardest, most heartbreaking thing Viola Warde ever did. It was also the best thing. "I saved him a lifetime of heartache," she said....]]></description></item><item><title>Easy Readers, Tough Topics</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/easy-readers-tough-topics</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/easy-readers-tough-topics</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Children have always asked the darndest questions. As times have changed, however, kiddie queries have addressed ever more complex, sensitive issues, often at younger ages....]]></description></item><item><title>A Different Perfect</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/a-different-perfect</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/a-different-perfect</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA["A baby is programmed to be loved by a mother. 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You'll see that every time you read the newspaper, cases will jump out that are pure fetal alcohol. The welfare mother who starves her baby to death...]]></description></item><item><title>Crossroads Reaches Out To Moms</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/crossroads-reaches-out-to-moms</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/crossroads-reaches-out-to-moms</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[After a heroin binge left Angel Luterzo in the hospital, barely breathing, she knew she needed help. She faced a tough decision: Do I go to rehab, even if it means leaving my kids...]]></description></item><item><title>Parenthood: From Conception to Reality</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parenthood-from-conception-to-reality</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:15:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parenthood-from-conception-to-reality</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The birth of a new baby is a happy moment indeed. From the instant you hear that little cry in the hospital maternity ward, the excitement that surrounds the arrival of a tiny being into...]]></description></item><item><title>You Parenting Programme Brings Message of Hope</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/you-parenting-programme-brings-message-of-hope</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:15:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/you-parenting-programme-brings-message-of-hope</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[McKenzie heads a parental counselling group, where she advises parents and encourages children to lead meaningful lives. This is something McKenzie learnt the hard way. "I made mistakes in my...]]></description></item><item><title>Motherhood a Much Better Option than Abortion</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/motherhood-a-much-better-option-than-abortion</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/motherhood-a-much-better-option-than-abortion</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[I knew better. I knew better than to have sex without protection. I could have taken that condom out of my pocket and used it. But I didn't. At the age of 20 I was pregnant, single...]]></description></item><item><title>How to Really Help Pregnant Teens</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/how-to-really-help-pregnant-teens</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/how-to-really-help-pregnant-teens</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It was common for pregnant single women in the 1800s to be called "lost, fallen, wayward, and depraved women." Fast forward to 2008 and spend a bit of time online and you'll read statements...]]></description></item><item><title>Stop Representing Poor Parents in Child Protection Cases</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/stop-representing-poor-parents-in-child-protection-cases</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/stop-representing-poor-parents-in-child-protection-cases</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Starting July 8, state public defenders outside of Hennepin County will no longer represent parents in child protection cases or in specialty courts such as drug court. Hennepin County's...]]></description></item><item><title>Support Group Offers Social Network for Busy Moms</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/support-group-offers-social-network-for-busy-moms</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/support-group-offers-social-network-for-busy-moms</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Transitioning from the workplace to raising a family can be demanding, especially if you’re new to the area with no family or friends and a husband who works 80 hours a week. Lonely, alienated...]]></description></item><item><title>More Grandparents Take Role as Primary Caregivers for Grandkids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/more-grandparents-take-role-as-primary-caregivers-for-grandkids</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:32:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/more-grandparents-take-role-as-primary-caregivers-for-grandkids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Newborn Juliana’s birth mom told Sharon Six she needed a weekend away.“ That weekend turned into, well, longer than a weekend,” Six said with a light-hearted laugh nearly five years after her then...]]></description></item><item><title>Mother of Abandoned Baby Located</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/mother-of-abandoned-baby-located</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:32:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/mother-of-abandoned-baby-located</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Richland County Children Services has filed a motion for permanent custody of the newborn baby left outside the First Baptist Church of Bellville June 17. The mother of the baby girl...]]></description></item><item><title>Financial Planning Makes Growing Family Smarter</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/financial-planning-makes-growing-family-smarter</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/financial-planning-makes-growing-family-smarter</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For growing families, a bundle of joy also can bring a bundle of bills, but Bills.com president Ethan Ewing has five steps to financial salvation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...]]></description></item><item><title>Teen Moms Have Another Option</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/teen-moms-have-another-option</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/teen-moms-have-another-option</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In the small town of Gloucester, Mass., 17 teenage girls are about to become parents. Most are too young to drive their new children home from the hospital, or to hold down a job to pay for diapers...]]></description></item><item><title>Some Parents Don't Know 'No'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/some-parents-dont-know-no</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/some-parents-dont-know-no</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In my opinion, my daughter is much too permissive with her kids. However, I keep my mouth closed, as you advise. But now we, my husband and I, are taking the two kids, ages 7 and 10...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Gives Birth at Petrol Station</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-gives-birth-at-petrol-station</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-gives-birth-at-petrol-station</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Catering staff at Karen’s Kitchen in Darwin were interrupted around 1.30pm by pleas for help from one of the woman’s relatives, the Northern Territory News reports. Kitchen manager Tarsha Popata...]]></description></item><item><title>Tips for New Moms and Dads</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/tips-for-new-moms-and-dads</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/tips-for-new-moms-and-dads</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Welcoming a newborn into the home and raising him or her to adulthood can be a daunting challenge for the most prepared parent. Now there’s a Nova Scotia-produced book to help moms and...]]></description></item><item><title>Mum Cleared of Killing Her Baby</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/mum-cleared-of-killing-her-baby</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/mum-cleared-of-killing-her-baby</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Lorraine Allen, who used to live in Long Eaton, was jailed in 2000 for the manslaughter of her four-month-old son, Patrick. Prosecution experts claimed the only explanation for his collapse was...]]></description></item><item><title>Kids Having Kids is Now so Normal</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/kids-having-kids-is-now-so-normal</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/kids-having-kids-is-now-so-normal</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When I attended my 40-year high school class reunion last year, topics of discussion dealt with how much things had changed in those four decades, which is to be expected from a bunch...]]></description></item><item><title>Single Parents Unite!</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/single-parents-unite</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:12:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/single-parents-unite</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Morgan Siler and Clare Bean were pregnant, neither found many resources that offered much support to the single moms-to-be. There were plenty of Web sites and communities for...]]></description></item><item><title>Tackling the Motherload</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/tackling-the-motherload</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:09:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/tackling-the-motherload</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Not all of us are mothers, and not all of us are fathers. Some of us probably shouldn't even be allowed to have kids if you think about it. Most of us have kids without interrogating...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Gives Birth on F Train Platform</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-gives-birth-on-f-train-platform</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:56:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/woman-gives-birth-on-f-train-platform</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Stand clear of the breaking water, please. A husband and wife were riding the subway to Bellevue so she could give birth but never quite made it to the hospital, settling for...]]></description></item><item><title>Giving Mums the Information they Need</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/giving-mums-the-information-they-need</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:47:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/giving-mums-the-information-they-need</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[With ever-increasing public awareness of the health benefits of breastfeeding, it’s probably safe to say we all know breast is best for babies. However, for one mum, breastfeeding is something...]]></description></item><item><title>Sixteen Reasons to have a Baby at Sixteen</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/sixteen-reasons-to-have-a-baby-at-sixteen</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:28:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/sixteen-reasons-to-have-a-baby-at-sixteen</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[You might have read about a pregnancy pact made by 17 teenage girls at a Massachusetts High school. To make a long story short, these bright young women, all under age 16 vowed to get knocked...]]></description></item><item><title>One Teen Mother's Story</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/one-teen-mothers-story</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/one-teen-mothers-story</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Wary of the challenges facing a 17-year-old mother, Gloucester High School sophomore Brianne Mackey's first reaction to learning she was pregnant last fall was to throw...]]></description></item><item><title>'Let Us Keep Our Baby'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/let-us-keep-our-baby</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:18:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/let-us-keep-our-baby</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Lyme Regis couple are fighting social services to keep their one-year-old baby, insisting they are good parents. Gareth Mills, 22, and Celia Cooper, 35, of Queen's Walk, said they were...]]></description></item><item><title>Men are Now Eligible for Maternity Leave Benefits in Massachusetts</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/men-are-now-eligible-for-maternity-leave-benefits-in-massachusetts</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:11:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/men-are-now-eligible-for-maternity-leave-benefits-in-massachusetts</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ("MCAD") recently announced that men are entitled to take leave pursuant to the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act...]]></description></item><item><title>A 5-step Financial Plan for Growing Families</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/a-5-step-financial-plan-for-growing-families</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:40:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/a-5-step-financial-plan-for-growing-families</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For growing families, a bundle of joy also can bring a bundle of bills. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that the cost to raise a child ranges from $134,370 to $284,460. These figures...]]></description></item><item><title>Whether Mom or Dad, Parents All Face Same Challenges</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/whether-mom-or-dad-parents-all-face-same-challenges</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:25:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/whether-mom-or-dad-parents-all-face-same-challenges</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Oh, let me tell you how perfect a wife I was 10 years ago: I was always caught up with laundry, I had dinner ready by the time Hubby walked through the door and I never said no...]]></description></item><item><title>Mothers Who Allegedly Sold Babies Endured Difficult Lives</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/mothers-who-allegedly-sold-babies-endured-difficult-lives</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/mothers-who-allegedly-sold-babies-endured-difficult-lives</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Erika Perez Quiroz admits the home she hoped to welcome her niece into doesn't amount to much. Fifteen to 20 people squeeze between its cracked clapboard walls each night. And the smell of freshly...]]></description></item><item><title>Biological, Career Clocks May Be Out of Sync for Moms</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/biological-career-clocks-may-be-out-of-sync-for-moms</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/biological-career-clocks-may-be-out-of-sync-for-moms</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Summer Riley married her husband, Mike, the June after she graduated from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 22. They played in a soccer league together. They spent nights...]]></description></item><item><title>1975 Decision Haunts Birth Mother</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/1975-decision-haunts-birth-mother</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/1975-decision-haunts-birth-mother</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In 1975, Dina Shannon, of Gore, was 20 years old, unmarried and pregnant. She gave her child up for adoption as she felt she had no other choice. That decision haunts her more...]]></description></item><item><title>Buddies Thanks to Bed Rest</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/buddies-thanks-to-bed-rest</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:11:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/buddies-thanks-to-bed-rest</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when we least expect it, we discover a lifelong friendship. Christine and Shannon were facing a significant challenge when their friendship began in January 2007. Both were soaking...]]></description></item><item><title>Reporter's Notebook: Surrogacy</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/reporters-notebook-surrogacy</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/reporters-notebook-surrogacy</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The controversy surrounding surrogacy, the topic of this week's feature, is hardly new. Besides being regulated in the Code of Hammurabi, dating from 1800 B.C., a disagreement over a surrogate situation...]]></description></item><item><title>Helping Parents Be Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/helping-parents-be-parents</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/helping-parents-be-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Early years professionals were in the classroom recently honing their teaching skills. Earmarked as Parents as Teachers training, the Families CAN project is funded by the Trillium Foundation...]]></description></item><item><title>Father's Day: Bittersweet</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/fathers-day-bittersweet</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:29:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/fathers-day-bittersweet</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[This year, Father’s Day will be different for Matt Moring. He’ll begin the day at Westside Church of Christ, where odds are the sermon will focus on the role of the father....]]></description></item><item><title>Biological, Career Clocks Might Be Out of Sync</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/biological-career-clocks-might-be-out-of-sync</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:23:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/biological-career-clocks-might-be-out-of-sync</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Summer Riley married her husband, Mike, the June after she graduated from Wake Forest University. She was 22. They played in a soccer league together. They spent nights in restaurants and...]]></description></item><item><title>All About Fathers</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/all-about-fathers</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:16:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/all-about-fathers</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[My dad, is a born capital 'C' Captain. The best at everything sporting — from hockey to fishing — I think he had to be surprised when he realized that he and his wife...]]></description></item><item><title>Like Dad, Like Me!</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/like-dad-like-me</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:20:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/like-dad-like-me</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[On Halloween last fall, 8-year-old Stevie Knotts dressed up as Dracula, putting on gobs of white makeup and fake blood, wedging a set of fake fangs into his mouth and wrapping himself in...]]></description></item><item><title>Single Mother Creates 'Phenomenal Support System'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/single-mother-creates-phenomenal-support-system</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:14:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/single-mother-creates-phenomenal-support-system</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA["This is the princess of Ponyville. That's Pinky Pie's house, and a little shop." Jessica Danvers could talk all day, if you let her. She took about fifteen minutes pointing...]]></description></item><item><title>An Old, Sweet Song Keeps Dad on My Mind</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/an-old-sweet-song-keeps-dad-on-my-mind-1</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/an-old-sweet-song-keeps-dad-on-my-mind-1</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[More than eight million Canadian dads, almost half of them with children under the age of 18, are being feted by their families today. According to Statistics Canada, dads are more...]]></description></item><item><title>Father’s Day: Doubly Special</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/-3849</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:18:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/-3849</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Father’s Day, which will be celebrated across the country this weekend, is doubly special for Theron Messieck, this year. That’s because the Woods Cross man and his wife, Jamie, adopted...]]></description></item><item><title>Parents Wanted for Major Study</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parents-wanted-for-major-study</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:16:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parents-wanted-for-major-study</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Researchers at Queen’s University in Belfast are looking for parents with babies under the age of one to take part in one of the largest studies of families and parenting ever undertaken in...]]></description></item><item><title>Whose Children Are They, Anyway?</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/whose-children-are-they-anyway</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:12:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/whose-children-are-they-anyway</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[How does a state child protective services agency even begin to take nearly 500 children from families living in a peaceful religious community in West Texas? Answer: a...]]></description></item><item><title>How My Baby Helped Me Discover</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/how-my-baby-helped-me-discover</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:07:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/how-my-baby-helped-me-discover</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Last week, in the play park, I was watching my two-year-old daughter, Nancy, clamber to the top of the climbing frame, her face a picture of joyful glee. My heart was in my mouth as she...]]></description></item><item><title>Bruner Home Served as Refuge for Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/bruner-home-served-as-refuge-for-orphans</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:48:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/bruner-home-served-as-refuge-for-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Children who have lost a parent are fragile. Those without relatives, money, shelter, food or affection are at risk. Today social workers diligently seek foster or adoptive homes for...]]></description></item><item><title>Georgetown Couple Whose Son Died Lose Parental Rights</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/georgetown-couple-whose-son-died-lose-parental-rights</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:47:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/georgetown-couple-whose-son-died-lose-parental-rights</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Williamson County judge Tuesday permanently severed the parental rights of a couple whose son died months after state children's protection officials returned him and his...]]></description></item><item><title>Abortion Was Too Easy - Mother</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/abortion-was-too-easy-mother</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:42:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/abortion-was-too-easy-mother</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The mother of two had an abortion four years ago. "They do it wrong," she said. "I got one doctor to sign it, and he asked, `Do you want counselling?' And I said `no', and that was it."...]]></description></item><item><title>Parental Rights Victorious in VA Ruling</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parental-rights-victorious-in-va-ruling</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:39:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/parental-rights-victorious-in-va-ruling</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Although the Virginia Supreme Court ruled last week that the commonwealth must recognize a visitation order resulting from a Vermont civil union, the court did hand down one positive...]]></description></item><item><title>Having Problems with Your Children?</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/having-problems-with-your-children</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:11:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/having-problems-with-your-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Q. I have a two-year-old who, whenever he doesn't get his way, he throws everything on the ground - the books from the shelf and so on, and he hits his smaller brother too....]]></description></item><item><title>Angle on Parenting</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/angle-on-parenting</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:07:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/angle-on-parenting</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In this segment of POSITIVE Parenting, we allow the experts to offer their views and solutions. Today, and over the next couple of weeks, we take material from work by educator...]]></description></item><item><title>Jessica Alba is Mommy to Baby Girl</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/jessica-alba-is-mommy-to-baby-girl</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:04:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/jessica-alba-is-mommy-to-baby-girl</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The roster of Hollywood mommies has just grown by one: “Fantastic Four” actress Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren welcomed a baby girl Saturday, June 7. Named Honor Marie Warren, the baby girl is...]]></description></item><item><title>Baby-Selling Charge on Mother Dismissed</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/baby-selling-charge-on-mother-dismissed</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:01:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/baby-selling-charge-on-mother-dismissed</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The state Attorney General’s Office has decided not to prosecute a Jackson woman accused of trying to sell her infant last year, the woman’s attorney said Monday. Ruby Renee Havard, 26, faced...]]></description></item><item><title>Music Series Kicks off Father's Day</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/music-series-kicks-off-fathers-day</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:05:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/BirthParenting/music-series-kicks-off-fathers-day</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The 2008 Music In The Park Series sponsored by the Gilmer-Smith Foundation is kicking off Father's Day with a performance by the None-Such Playmakers' Do-Wop group...]]></description></item></channel></rss>