This report: Fly Away Children, broadcast on Australia’s ABC News Foreign Correspondent program (click “play video”), shows some of the problems involved with adoptions coming out of Ethiopia.
For the past four years, the number of children adopted internationally has declined, with the notable exception of adoptions from Africa. Adoptions of children from Africa have increased steadily in the last few years with the majority of children being adopted from Ethiopia. Read the rest of this entry »
After months (and months) of resisting the inevitable, this week I finally broke down and created a Facebook account. Adoption Mosaic is in the process of creating our own Facebook page. I figured, if AM has one, gesh, so should I. But honestly, curiosity just got the better of me. Read the rest of this entry »
October 16, 2009 at 9:59 am · Posted by Tara · Filed under Media
I was in a gathering of adoption constellation members the other night and at one point the conversation turned to media. One person asked “Is it just me, or is there a huge amount of adoption related attention in the media lately?” Everyone in the room agreed that lately there’s seems to be an onslaught of adoption related movies, stories, television shows etc.
Some feel that, although imperfect, all the media attention is ultimately a good thing since it draws attention to the world of adoption and brings adoption into the mainstream. Alternately, many others feel wary when such a complex topic as adoption is relegated to sound bytes and media sensationalism.
Several weeks ago Anita Tedaldi, guest blogger on the NY Times Motherlode blog, wrote about terminating the adoption of her toddler son 18 months after adopting him (original blog post can be read here>>). This story traveled quickly around the internet and eventually was picked up by the Today Show early this month:
I am certain I am not alone in feeling particularly sensitive around the topic of disruption, and it is virtually impossible not to have strong feelings about this particular situation. However, the issue for me is not whether I think what Anita did was wrong, or whether I believe baby D. is now better off, but rather; why on earth was this child placed with her in the first place? Read the rest of this entry »
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After months (and months) of resisting the inevitable, this week I finally broke down and created a Facebook account. Adoption Mosaic is in the process of creating our own Facebook page. I figured, if AM has one, gesh, so should I. But honestly, curiosity just got the better of me.