~by Suz Bednarz How could I, me, a mother who lost a child to adoption in 1986, possibly help adoptive parents understand the role of families of origin? Didn’t my role end the minute my child was taken from me and given to them? Harsh question but until a few years back that is what I was lead to believe. …
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Have a Heart – Support Ethica’s “Operation Identity”
In honor of Valentine’s Day, PEAR is asking the adoptive family community to support and assist in Ethica’s Operation Identity: Cooperating to Protect the Identity of Vietnamese Orphans. Identifying information is extremely important to adopted persons, it is important to all persons. As adoptive parents and prospective adoptive parents, it is our duty to preserve and protect our child’s identity. …
Helping Adoptive Parents Understand the Role of Families of Origin: From the Viewpoint of a Mother who lost a child to adoption
~ by Mirah Riben The United Nations has determined that the difference between a good and bad life for a child is a mother with a sense of empowerment. Adopting a child today is far different than it was a generation or two ago when it was felt best to keep the entire process secretive. Adopting today requires accepting the …
On Monday, January 28, the DOS issued a warning adoptions from Vietnam: (travel.state.gov/family/adoption/intercountry/intercountry_3939.html) Ethica then published their statement about the status of adoption from Vietnam. (http://www.ethicanet.org/item.php?recordid=vietnam&pagestyle=default). PEAR commends and fully supports both the DOS and Ethica for their efforts to oversee that adoptions between the US and Vietnam are done in an ethical and transparent manner. We are in agreement …
PEAR Announces it’s Education Project
Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR) announces it’s new initiative to develop a model education program for adoptive parents. We believe that all parents should receive a comprehensive and realistic education prior to adopting. PEAR also feels many parents come to adoption inadequately prepared for the challenges of adoption. We hope to create a parent friendly HONEST education program that …
PEAR Supports Ethica’s Letter to the VN Adoption Community
Below is a letter from Linh Song, Executive Director of Ethica. PEAR supports Ethica’s call for input from the VN adoption community and encourages all those interested in VN adoption and adoption reform to participate by writing your comments to Ethica. PEAR’s Comments on the JCICS Proposed Standards of Practice were submitted to JCICS on December 10, 2007. Copies of …
Update on PEAR’s Call to Action: Vietnam
In early December, JCICS requested that PEAR put together a list of organizations and individuals we felt JCICS should contact for input on their proposed Standards of Practice for Vietnam Adoptions. We submitted the following list to JCICS on December 6: Vietnam AP groups:APV (Adoptive Parents Vietnam Yahoo group) and ownersRateYourVietnamAdoptionAgency Yahoo Group and ownersFCVN (Families with Children from Vietnam)Nicki …
Welcome
Welcome to the new blog for Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform, PEAR. We are a grassroots group of adoptive and prospective adoptive parents who have come together to discuss the lack of a unified, respected voice for adoptive families. Our membership has grown via word of mouth to include adoptees, adoption professionals, and other persons interested in meaningful ethical adoption …