RESOURCE: Parenting Discussion

PEAR board members have recently been contacted by adoptive families concerned with reports of trafficking in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Vietnam and China. While we attempt to assist families with uncovering the truth behind their adoptions, we also wish to offer them support and resources in dealing with these truths. One resource we would like to recommend to adoptive families is the …

Focus on Children Trust Fund

Excerpts from a Salt Lake Tribune ArticleDefendants in Samoan adoption case must pay $100,000 to trust fundA federal judge in Utah has ordered five operators and employees of the now-defunct Focus on Children adoption agency to contribute $100,000 to a trust fund that would allow Samoan children adopted by U.S. parents to connect with their birth families. U.S. District Judge …

New Scandal Errupting in China

Research China.org is reporting a new scandal errupting in China over the adoptions of children from the Guizhou Province. Please check the blog for Research China. Below is a Google translated article concerning the situation as published in the Spanish news media: About 80 babies in the province of Guizhou (southwestern China) were confiscated by authorities for family planning to …

Mothers in Guatemala Demand Justice

Norma Cruz and members of The Survivor’s Foundation (La Fundacion Sobrevivientes) are on the fourth day of strike in front of the Family Court Building in Guatemala City today. They are demanding justice be served for those responsible for the processing of four illegal adoptions. In a shocking decision two weeks ago, attorneys and facilitators involved in the processing of …