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As someone who does believe in absolute rights and wrongs, the entire adoption process - domestic and international - appears very relative at times. The Guatemalan adoptions are amazingly personal and warm for the child and parents yet are considered "old school" and susceptible to corruption by the UN and other groups.
I have been to the "new way" of adoption - orphanges - and the children, in general, are not treated as well as in Guatemalan foster homes. But it said that there is less chance for corruption with state run orphages and adoptions.
Most Americans are not orphanage-minded. We don't really have them domestically anymore. At least not in the way they are run overseas. Yet it has become the standard.
A few years back we tried to adopt a sick child from one of these UN sponsored child care facilities after meeting the little one while working overseas. There was so much red tape we were told to let it go by the orphange.
With the Guatemalan system adoptions are faster and really happen.
Are there problems with the Guat adoption proceess? I'm sure there are. Are they as widespread and as awful as the media has presented it lately? I don't know. I haven't seen it. And we poked around a bit.
What I do know is that there is always more to what you read in the papers.
Our family decided to pray together and agree that the direction we were taking was the right one. We didn't step forward until we really knew in our hearts. We know now for sure that we did the right thing.
I hope you find out what's best for your family.
This forum is a good place to do some research as well.
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