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A few years ago, I created a "Lifebook" for my adopted daughter.  This was an incredibly difficult exercise, but I think it's something that would help all adopted and foster care kids cope with their sense of loss.  

A Lifebook (not a scrapbook!) is a book which explains to the child, in language they can understand, the circumstances of their adoption.  I made a huge attempt to include ALL the information I could round up.  I think this will help my daughter understand that we didn't withhold information from her - a great step in developing trust.

For more information refer to: Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child by Beth O'Malley. 

http://www.amazon.com/LifeBooks-Creating-Treasure-Adopted-Child/dp/0970183275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1286210429&sr=8-1

Marian

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In their attempt for smaller government, the Reagon administration eliminated the annual reporting requirement for aliens.  This program was a much more efficient way of tracking legal aliens and would have been much better at discerning legality, rather than implementing laws like Arizona has enacted.  It is ridiculous that instead of managing the immigration process in a proactive manner, we are doing it from the backend.

Marian

Forest Grove

posted 2 years, 11 months ago
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