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maleficent · 03-01-2005, 06:13 AM

I don't think trendy is the real crux of the problem.

I have very good friends who adopted two girls from China. They tried for years to adopt an American child - they would have happily taken an African American child, but they had a tough time meeting some qualifications for adoption. ie their age...

Adopting outside the US is a lot easier for people who are above a certain age (in the case of my friends, he was 44, she was 42_ they could not adopt in the US even though they own their own home in a lovely community, he's makes an excellent salary, she does not need to work, and they both do some serious volunteer work. It was their ages working against them.

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maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	I don't think trendy is the real crux of the problem. I have very good friends who adopted two girls from China. They tried for years to adopt an American child - they would have happily taken an African American child, but they had a tough time meeting some qualifications for adoption. ie their age... Adopting outside the US is a lot easier for people who are above a certain age (in the case of my friends, he was 44, she was 42_ they could not adopt in the US even though they own their own home in a lovely community, he's makes an excellent salary, she does not need to work, and they both do some serious volunteer work. It was their ages working against them. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.