AAP News Vol. 14 No. 5 May 1998, p. 12
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Tempering sentiment with practical advice: Pediatricians can help parents before, after international adoption

Laura J. Rongé

By offering practical guidance, pediatricians can help prospective parents achieve the rewards and avoid the pitfalls of international adoption.

Nancy Clark, a single woman in her 30s, wanted a child. When she queried her state division of youth and family services, she discovered that the wait for an American baby was 15 years and remarked, "I would be 50 years old by then!"

Mary and Joe Dixon, a married couple ready to start a family, also decided to adopt, but hesitated to do so in the United States. "We just didn't want to take a chance that a birth mother would change her mind," Mary said.