Comments for Adoption Beat http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com ...offering critical analysis of media coverage of adoption. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:33:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on God Bless McClatchy Newspapers! by Triona Guidry http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/god-bless-mcclatchy-newspapers/#comment-44 Triona Guidry Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:33:34 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-44 More proof that the mass media is starting to pay attention to what lies under the surface of adoption. I hope this is the beginning of serious change in the adoption industry: an end to lies, secrecy and sealed records and a move toward increased transparency. More proof that the mass media is starting to pay attention to what lies under the surface of adoption. I hope this is the beginning of serious change in the adoption industry: an end to lies, secrecy and sealed records and a move toward increased transparency.

]]> Comment on Tired of warm, fuzzy coverage? by Triona Guidry http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/tired-of-warm-fuzzy-coverage/#comment-43 Triona Guidry Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:31:55 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-43 This is a great post and The Nation published a great article. I hope we are starting to see some change in the way the mass media portrays adoption. This is a great post and The Nation published a great article. I hope we are starting to see some change in the way the mass media portrays adoption.

]]> Comment on Speak up for Open Records! by Margaret LyBurtus http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/speak-up-for-open-records/#comment-42 Margaret LyBurtus Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:43:29 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/speak-up-for-open-records/#comment-42 I am a birthmother who believes that every person has a right to equal access to their birth certificates. Whom better has the right than those concerned? I am a birthmother who believes that every person has a right to equal access to their birth certificates. Whom better has the right than those concerned?

]]> Comment on God Bless McClatchy Newspapers! by Margaret LyBurtus http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/god-bless-mcclatchy-newspapers/#comment-41 Margaret LyBurtus Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:39:39 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-41 Adoption needs to be exposed for what is really is. Not the " loving option "that most people have bought into. Most children even today are adopted from scared unprepared parents who need to be helped and encouraged to keep their children because in most cases it is in the best interest of the child to be with his natural family. If a couple is childless and really want to love a child, be a foster parent or help a young mother and her child. That is truly a "loving option". This is just another example of how the adoption industry is all about money for the facilitators. Adoption needs to be exposed for what is really is. Not the ” loving option “that most people have bought into. Most children even today are adopted from scared unprepared parents who need to be helped and encouraged to keep their children because in most cases it is in the best interest of the child to be with his natural family. If a couple is childless and really want to love a child, be a foster parent or help a young mother and her child. That is truly a “loving option”. This is just another example of how the adoption industry is all about money for the facilitators.

]]> Comment on God Bless McClatchy Newspapers! by SDP http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/god-bless-mcclatchy-newspapers/#comment-40 SDP Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:13:23 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-40 Great post. I never really considered the possibility that my b-father didn't even knew he fathered a child (though my record would suggest otherwise...) - I guess it's still a possibility. Great post. I never really considered the possibility that my b-father didn’t even knew he fathered a child (though my record would suggest otherwise…) – I guess it’s still a possibility.

]]> Comment on Being anti adoption is not a bad thing by adoptionbeat http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/being-anti-adoption-is-not-a-bad-thing/#comment-35 adoptionbeat Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:29:57 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-35 It's a very good analogy -- it recognizes that adoption is and should be about the best interests of the child and a last resort for a mother. And if that was the way adoption routinely came about, I don't think adoptees would have to fight so to access our own birth certificates. It’s a very good analogy — it recognizes that adoption is and should be about the best interests of the child and a last resort for a mother. And if that was the way adoption routinely came about, I don’t think adoptees would have to fight so to access our own birth certificates.

]]> Comment on Being anti adoption is not a bad thing by Lavender Luz http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/being-anti-adoption-is-not-a-bad-thing/#comment-34 Lavender Luz Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:49:44 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-34 You've probably heard about the Burning Building theory? It belongs to another blogger, but I wrote about it here: http://www.weebleswobblog.com/2008/05/what-kind-of-woman-does-this.html Off to check out some of your links... You’ve probably heard about the Burning Building theory? It belongs to another blogger, but I wrote about it here: http://www.weebleswobblog.com/2008/05/what-kind-of-woman-does-this.html

Off to check out some of your links…

]]> Comment on Being anti adoption is not a bad thing by Triona Guidry http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/being-anti-adoption-is-not-a-bad-thing/#comment-33 Triona Guidry Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:20:21 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-33 Great article. I think some of this has to do with continued stereotypes about birth families (that they are neglectful and abusive), which of course plays into the moneymaking aspect of adoption subsidies. Until we remove the financial incentive to adopt children out, we will continue to see the unnecessary removal of children from birth families for the sole purpose of gaining those subsidies. Great article. I think some of this has to do with continued stereotypes about birth families (that they are neglectful and abusive), which of course plays into the moneymaking aspect of adoption subsidies. Until we remove the financial incentive to adopt children out, we will continue to see the unnecessary removal of children from birth families for the sole purpose of gaining those subsidies.

]]> Comment on It must be hard to love an adopted child by Lavender Luz http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/it-must-be-hard-to-love-an-adopted-child/#comment-32 Lavender Luz Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:35:28 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-32 I watched TNG many, many, many years ago and completely missed that part of his storyline. LOL about some of your Jesus/Moses observations. I watched TNG many, many, many years ago and completely missed that part of his storyline.

LOL about some of your Jesus/Moses observations.

]]> Comment on It must be hard to love an adopted child by girl pee jean http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/it-must-be-hard-to-love-an-adopted-child/#comment-31 girl pee jean Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:27:30 +0000 http://adoptionbeat.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-31 any updates coming ? any updates coming ?

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