I commented on a blog post over at Lori's blog, and she liked it so much she reposted it as an actual post. I thought you all might like to read it. It is about what Kazakhstan's orphanages are really like. Lori's recently returned from a non-adoption trip there and saw much that caused her concern. I don't blame her.
Most parents are given a bit of a fiary tale story about Kazakhstan as they select a country to adopt from. Agencies often are less than truthful, perhaps not intentionally. We never really fell for that, nor asked those kinds of questions. I think our first experience with Matthew's adoption was enough to show us the truth, and prior to that we made the assumption that...well...it's an orphanage, it ain't going to be pretty.
If you are so inclined, go check out my guest post at:
http://fiveofmyown.blogspot.com/2011/10/mentally-tricking-ourselves.html?spref=fb
Most parents are given a bit of a fiary tale story about Kazakhstan as they select a country to adopt from. Agencies often are less than truthful, perhaps not intentionally. We never really fell for that, nor asked those kinds of questions. I think our first experience with Matthew's adoption was enough to show us the truth, and prior to that we made the assumption that...well...it's an orphanage, it ain't going to be pretty.
If you are so inclined, go check out my guest post at:
http://fiveofmyown.blogspot.com/2011/10/mentally-tricking-ourselves.html?spref=fb
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