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Jayme Metzgar, a Senior Contributor with  The Federalist , has written another stirring article about the State Department and its war on Adoption Agencies. The article was printed today and you can read it  here . Please be sure to not only read this article, but share it with your contact list and forward it to your Congressman. Thank you!

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Source:  https://www.nytimes.com By Gabriel Leigh This country has beautiful mountains, dependable snow, hearty food and welcoming people. Now they just need to decide how to build a tourism industry. The slopes in Gudauri, Georgia, not far from the Russian border in the Caucusus Mountains.CreditOla Lewitschnik The slopes in Gudauri, Georgia, not far from the Russian border in the Caucusus Mountains.CreditCreditOla Lewitschnik I was descending a Georgian mountain pass in a rented Renault Duster when, rounding a curve with six-foot snow drifts to either side, a dark and narrow tunnel came into view. Looking down the mountain, I could see the other end of it — and an apparently endless convoy of eighteen-wheelers making their way up, entering in the opposite direction. I couldn’t imagine how we’d fit alongside each other, but I pressed on, only to find myself in a black hole. The headlights illuminated nothing. I rolled down the window — one of those useless things you do when beginn...

Source:  https://www.acesconnection.com/ By Anne Runkle Everyone knows that trauma in childhood can cause problems later in life, but until recently, we totally misunderstood  how  this happens. Here are four myths that have dominated our understanding of Childhood PTSD, and convoluted our approach to treatment: Myth 1: Childhood PTSD is a  psychological  wound. What we know now:  We now know that the damage from early abuse, neglect and chronic stress is largely  neurological —  in other words, it causes brain and nervous system changes.   These changes, in turn, can cause cognitive impairment, emotional  and social problems and chronic disease. Though much of the damage can be reversed, it’s important to be aware of how these events can have such a broad impact on every part of our lives.  Myth 2: The best thing for people who were traumatized is to talk about it. What we know now: Focusing on your childhood traumas will not, by i...

Source:  http://www.adoptioncouncil.org/ By Paulo Barrozo Adoption. The  real  problem of intercountry adoption is that there is too little of it. Adoption is the only institution whereby unparented children become legal daughters and sons by force of a deliberate decision of a judicial or other state authority. Where the unparented child and the prospective parent reside in the same country, domestic laws alone govern adoption. However, both national and international laws must work together to constitute the filial-parental relationship when the unparented child and the prospective parent reside in different countries, whatever their nationalities. The Hague Convention of 1993 on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption—misguided in its interpretation and enforcement—is the principal international law devoted to intercountry adoption. Some years ago, a joint report by UNICEF and other agencies estimated the number of double orphans...