Discussion Groups Online (Mailing lists)
All matters concerning China adoption:
a-parents-china is subscribed to mostly by adoptive parents in the pre-adoption stages. post-adopt-china is subscribed to mostly by those who have adopted from China (many formerly on the a-parents-china list). Subscribing to the digest form (i.e., batch) may be preferred, especially for APC, since many messages may be issued in a day. Sign up and choose your settings (i.e., set your preferences) on the webpage, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/a-parents-china and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/post-adopt-china. (If you are already a subscriber through eGroups, the former host, use the "conversion Wizard" feature to convert to yahoogroups.
To subscribe without going to the website, e-mail a blank "message" to a-parents-china-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or to post-adopt-china-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Archives for APC and PAC are available to members at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/a-parents-china and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/post-adopt-china.
A CHART
shows how to subscribe or change your APC or PAC settings
by e-mail or by going to the website.Post-adoption discussion for matters of slightly higher ages:
RaisingChinaChildren (RCC), much overlap with PAC. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RaisingChinaChildren
Adopting older children:
AOK-China-2 (for "adopting older kids--China," sometimes referred to as AOK). Get details or subscribe at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AOK-China-2>. Age three or above is the range mentioned in AOK's description.
chinaolderadopt is another list those who have adopted an older child from China, or those who are considering doing so. Go to <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chinaolderadopt>.
--AND see a family's website report of adopting five children, at ages 4 through 12, from China.
Jewish-Adoption-List is an Internet discussion group. Get details and subscribing information at http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/1771/listserv.html. Single parents:
The Single-Adopt-China list is for singles who are adopting or have adopted a child from China. Go to <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/single-adopt-china>.
Our Chinese Daughters Foundation sponsors an Internet discussion group for single parents with children adopted from China (or single parents in-process). Get information and subscribe at http://indtech.it.ilstu.edu/~Liedtke/ocdf.html. To subscribe, send an email to OCDF-request@indtech.it.ilstu.edu. In the body of the letter, write only the word: subscribe.XCultureAdopt is an Internet discussion group for parents who have adopted (or are in-process) children of a different race, culture or ethnicity from themselves. Get details and subscribing information at <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?SUBED1=xcultureadopt&A=1>. snadoptchina@yahoogroups.com is an Internet discussion group for the discussion of "special-needs" China-adoptive children. It is not listed in the egroups index and is set up to be hidden from search, but you may subscribe by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/snadoptchina. Asia_attach is a discission group focusing on attachment isuses--what they are, how to recognize them, and what treatment is available. The group originated in Nov., 2003 ,with parents waiting for referrals from China. Membership is open to any interested person. The website is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asia_attach. Attach-China list is a parents' Internet discussion group for the discussion of attachment disorders. Get details and subscribing information from Lynne at MsLLyon@aol.com. This group admits only adoptive parents with children having attachment problems, but it maintians a public website of information at at http://www.attach-china.org. The discussion group's website (for joining) is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/attach-china. MilAdoptChina is an Internet discussion group for the discussion of matters of unique or special interest to China-adoptive parents in or working for U.S. military services. For information, go to http://groups.yahoogroups.com/community/MilAdoptChina. Expatriates (U.S.) adopting: APC-Japan began as a group of expats living in Japan who are adopting from China. They also post good information for expat adoptions in general. Get details at apc-Japan@yahoogroups.com or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apc-Japan.
Another discussion group is of in-China adoptive folks: the homepage to subscribe is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChinaLivingAdoption.
Australians Adopt China (AAC) is a discussion list for Australian parents who are adopting children from China. Subscription instructions: Go to the Egroups web site, at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/australians-adopt-china> and register. Contact the listowner, Diane E Wright, if needed, at <diane_e_wright@bigpond.com>. The China-Infertility chat list (China-IF-chat@yahoogroups.com) was established for adopters or potential adopters from China to discuss issues related to infertility and adoption. Go to the egroups website at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/China-IF-chat. APC-pictures is a photo gallery of pictures from China-adoptive parents (including referral photos from some in-process). Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/APC-pictures. Note that you may opt to receive no e-mail messages and view pictures/messages on the web only. (But, do not select the "digest" form, since that will get you only the messages without the pictures). IAT, International-Adopt-Talk, is a broad, all-countries forum including also adult adoptees. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/International-Adopt-Talk. In this group, much discussion and experience reaches beyond early childhood matters.
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