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Best Interests of Child: Adoption Initiative

Posted by Suz in Adoption Activism, Family Preservation, St. Johns Adoption Conference on 2012/02/22

I stopped by the Adoption Initiative website today to see if it had been updated with details on the October 2012 conference. It has. I suggest you stop by if you are interested in attending.  Even better if you are considering submitting a proposal you can do so at the link below.

While a number of individuals encouraged me to submit and even connected me with some awesome peeps to collaborate with, I am leaning towards opting out. I am not “feeling” it so to speak. Since it is so close to me, I will likely attend but not as a presenter.

Let me know if you are going to attend and if you would be interested in sharing a room. (I recommend The Cosmopolitan. Margie and I stayed there last time. The fact that it is walking distance to the conference is key.)

The 7th Biennial Adoption Conference

“Best Interests of the Child?”
Race, Religion, and Rescue in Adoption
October 18-20, 2012

Thursday evening to Saturday afternoon

Submit a Proposal – Submissions are due March 15, 2012 :: Visit main site  :: Lodging Info ::

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Smolin and Bartholet Debate International Adoption

Posted by Suz in Adoption Activism, Family Preservation on 2012/02/21

Great read and supporting links on a recent written debate between David Smolin and Elizabeth Bartholet.

In full disclosure, I will offer I am a huge fan of David Smolin. Download the debate and you will see why. Links to download at the Fleas Biting blog link below.

Fleas Biting: Elizabeth Bartholet and David Smolin Debate International Adoption

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The Illegitimate Word

Posted by Suz in Adoption Activism, Ignorance, Language, Writing on 2012/02/15

The AP Stylebook issued an update yesterday. I subscribe to their online edition and refer to it frequently for professional writing assignments (unlike this blog which follows no established style book and is often just a random stream of badly formed words coming from my brain).

I was struck by one of the updates. Here it is for your reference:

“illegitimate
Do not refer to the child of unmarried parents as illegitimate. If it is pertinent to the story, at all, use an expression such as whose mother was not married, whose parents were not married or was born to an unmarried teenager.”

Thoughts? Do we like this new language or not?

I appreciate the suggestion “if it is pertinent, at all” but still struggle with the possible need to call out the marital status of a parent or the fact that the parent is a teenager. Wondering when that information would be pertinent?

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