By Daniel Hamon
"Doesn't anyone ever want to adopt an older child?" she asked one day as a Spanish agency rep loaded twin baby boys into his back seat. For these scenes were becoming unbearable, the older children feeling more unwanted with every glorious departure of a baby.
At the beginning, the older children had run to comb their hair and change their shirts when visitors came, hoping that a last-minute excellent impression would make a difference.
"No," said the agency rep. "People want babies. Sometimes toddlers, but mostly babies and, most of all, baby girls."
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By Daniel Hamon
In a recent article, Scott Simon expressed his gratitude for the adoption of his daughters from China. He is forever indebted to China for his daughters, but is keenly aware of the fear Chinese mothers face due to government policies that lead to the abandonment and/or otherwise bleak fate of many baby girls in that country.
Had Simon's daughters grown up in China they may have faced discrimination if they belonged to any of China's ethnic minorities. Likewise, Ethiopian and Kenyan minority ethnic children face discrimination growing up in their countries.
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By Daniel Hamon
It is estimated that there are close to 6 million orphans in Ethiopia and 14,000 children are born with HIV every year.
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