tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post4692814136732650835..comments2024-03-12T07:00:44.143-04:00Comments on CHILDMYTHS: Reforming Adoption: Some Incomplete ThoughtsJean Mercerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-39741449824079808812010-11-09T06:36:25.915-05:002010-11-09T06:36:25.915-05:00All wonderful suggestions, and much needed. I have...All wonderful suggestions, and much needed. I have long been suspicious of "mega-families" of special needs kids. After a certain point they are more unsupervised group homes than a family in the usual sense.<br /><br />The informal swapping of kids in underground networks and respite homes needs to be regulated as well, including "re-homimg" of difficult adopted children advertised on the internet.<br /><br />Totally agree on the name change thing as well. One thing I am eternally grateful for is that my son's adoptive parents, for all their flaws, had the respect to let him keep his first name that he knew after his time in foster care. It is just wrong to change a name that a child knows as his own.maryannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820185286946511471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-5781176154302057852010-11-08T19:56:15.002-05:002010-11-08T19:56:15.002-05:00Thank you very much. I appreciate your response. T...Thank you very much. I appreciate your response. This is definitely a matter for coalition politics, so I'm happy if there are some points that can be agreed on among people who could be part of a coalition. J.M.Jean Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-23293040985832498242010-11-08T14:01:54.078-05:002010-11-08T14:01:54.078-05:00Excellent ideas. Really.Excellent ideas. Really.ms. marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03854609171313401651noreply@blogger.com