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Originally Posted by MkMw
I have NEVER heard this before. The only way you could be "targeted and scammed" because of your income is if you put it out there.
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Jenna, the dateline thingie tonight is also an update. That woman has been arrested on multiple charges. When she was first filmed, the families involved had no legal recourse to what she did but the publicity (which makes what you do at NBC priceless) drove change for these families in that this woman has been actually now convicted of a crime.
We originally saw that Dateline ep and backed down from using the 'net out of total fear. Then after we'd been waiting 11 mos we were galvanized and took action (in the form of going w/online profiling as well as telling every single person we know and/or have even a remote connection w/ -- when before we were keeping it very low key and only immedi. family and friends knew)
When you are using the 'net, it is like the wild wild west right now with no recourse and no regulations. How we are handling that is, we are having our agency pre-screen any woman who makes contact w/us. The screening is to make sure they have had or plan to have counseling (which is mandated by our state, anyway) as well as making sure that their needs are met and they are advocated for in their home state prior to connecting w/us. Whether that be medical, psych, legal. That is how we chose to counteract the "wild west" of the 'net.
I just want to say this Jenna. Your articulateness and clarity on being a firstmom and being a mom and woman in general has raised my consciousness very effectively. I give you so many kudos, honestly, for being proactive on any pregnant woman's behalf and also trying to educate those of us who are new at adoption issues/the boards and terminology in particular.
I am dead serious when I say that I certainly will be reading some of the books that you have put forth on these boards as worth reading.
If it were not for women who are forthright, hard-charging and dedicated to causes, there would have not been equal rights for women in this country.
Addressing these topics to the adoption population and reading everyone's responses really raises awareness. I could have sat quietly, reading these boards and never responding or writing topics that have meaning to me. I could keep quiet and not "put myself out there" personally. In fact, I struggle with that. But so many people with good intentions that keep their knowledge silent does not bring about awareness and change.
That's why I post here. I get support but also I have knowledge to share and hope that people get something from what I bring to the table.
Respectfully to all,