I found this great post via the Carnival of Family Life (see the sidebar for recent links).
It's by Lori Dowd of Best Light Adoption Profile Reviews and is for those who want to adopt and need to write an adoption profile, which I believe are more frequently used for U.S. adoptions.
It's a top 10 tips for writing your profile. Basically, the profiles are read by those seeking to place their unborn children at birth. The mothers read the profiles and pick which families they like.
I skimmed a lot of profiles when we were considering adoption, because I wanted to scope out the 'competition,' and see what we'd have to write. I have to say, I'm a professional writer and I still find the concept intimidating. Basically, what you write will be responsible for finding the birth mother of your future child.
The article includes feedback from real mothers who used the profiles to pick their children's future home.
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1 comment:
Thanks, Loraine for posting these.
One other tip I should add: use of the term "birthmother" can be considered coercive prior to placement. I now recommend the term "expectant parent." For that is what they are.
I really like your family tips, too!
Lori
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