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TOPIC: Adoption agencies versus attorney adoptions

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Christine	Posted: Nov 17, 2004 07:42:14 AM We are working with an attorney for 3 years now and if we had to do it all over we would definately have went with an agency instead. We hear stories about couples who work with agencies and have adopted within a year. I guess you live and learn. Still hoping to adopt. Feel free to email me at msbenz@verizon.net Good luck and God Bless!
Jim	Posted: Oct 14, 2003 03:55:55 PM I started the adoption process with an attorney, and after watiting more than two years and no child, I turned to an adoption agency. I later found out that the attorneys only answered the phones 9-5 while most large agencies have people to answer their phones 24/7. Most birth moms work 8-5 and don't have time to call during normal business hours. Plus, agencies have a bigger staff and their job is strictly to place children for adoption.
Michelle	Posted: Oct 14, 2003 02:36:23 PM As a birth mom I will tell you that I worked with an attorney when I placed my son for adoption. However, I currently work for an agency and through this experience have realized how many more opportunites and wonderful families are available to love and raise a child. I can confidently say that if I had to go through the experience again I would work with an agency because they truly do have a lot to offer birth moms and adoptive families.
Barbara	Posted: Oct 13, 2003 01:41:59 PM Does anyone have any feelings on whether working with an agency or an attorney is better?

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The adoption process is a very personal one for waiting families. First, they must provide financial, medical and other personal information during the home study process, then they share a snapshot of their personal lives in their family profile. It is perfectly normal for waiting families to experience anxiety about having their lives be such an “open book.”

Once a family is active with an agency and their family profile is being shown to expectant mothers, it is also common to experience some anxiety about what impression those birth parents are getting of the family. Many waiting families worry that perhaps they aren’t attractive enough – that they must look like Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman to adopt a child. However, this is untrue.

Birth parents choose adoptive families for many reasons. To some birth parents, it is important that their child grow up in a specific region or state because they envision their child spending their days at the beach, or running through a field in the Midwest. Other birth parents want their child to be brought up in a specific religion and will therefore only consider families that are of that religion, while others want their child to grow up in a household with other children. Just as each adoption story is unique, so are the wants and desires of the birth parents.

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BOARD: Topics of Interest for Adoptive Families » Other Topics for Adoptive ParentsTOPIC: Adoption agencies versus attorney adoptions

Do We Need to Look Like Movie Stars?

BOARD: Topics of Interest for Adoptive Families » Other Topics for Adoptive Parents

TOPIC: Adoption agencies versus attorney adoptions