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		<title>2011 Year in Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time flies! As 2011 draws to a close, Here’s a look back at some of the interesting developments that happened in the adoption world this year. Early in the year, we observed the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, and talked about why adoption isn’t always the answer for children of countries in crisis as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/12/2011-year-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Adopted Children and the Holidays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year as the holiday season approaches, I like to share this post about adopted children and the holidays. If adopted children are part of your family, take a moment to read it and to remember that there is no such thing as a &#8220;perfect&#8221; holiday, only one in which you do what perfectly suits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/11/adopted-children-and-the-holidays-2/</link>
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		<title>Adoption, Glee Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I must have some dedicated Glee watchers among my readers. While I admit I haven&#8217;t followed the show, I happened to catch one episode while I was on the treadmill at the gym last week. And what an episode it was! While I was sweating away, a captive audience pointed at the TV [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/10/adoption-glee-style/</link>
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		<title>Social Media:  A Game-Changer for Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s issue of Parenting magazine includes an article about a couple who found a child to adopt by putting the word out among their friends on Facebook. Lisa Belkin recently wrote an article for the New York Times about the joys and dangers of birth parents and adoptees finding each other through social media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/09/social-media-a-game-changer-for-adoption/</link>
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		<title>The Adoption Tax Credit:  Save Everything!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been getting quite a few frantic calls from adoptive parents this year, even though their adoptions are final. No, it’s not a problem with their adoptions – it’s a problem with their taxes. “I must have done something wrong,” these parents tell me, “the IRS is auditing me! They want copies of everything!” The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/09/the-adoption-tax-credit-save-everything/</link>
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		<title>A True Adoption Story &#8211; Part IV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this fourth and final part of Susan and Mike&#8217;s adoption story, Susan shares her excellent tips for prospective adoptive parents. Many thanks again to Susan and Mike for sharing their beautiful story here! If you have an adoption story to share on the blog, or if you want to take Susan up on her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/08/a-true-adoption-story-part-iv/</link>
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		<title>A True Adoption Story &#8211; Part III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, read about the birth of Susan and Mike&#8217;s baby girl and how they embarked on the life-long commitment to open adoption. Part III: “We Hugged and Cried and Promised to Be An Extended Family.” I could write volumes about the process from there out, but suffice it to say that unlike I had expected, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/08/a-true-adoption-story-part-iii/</link>
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		<title>A True Adoption Story &#8211; Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the second part of Susan and Mike&#8217;s adoption story, Susan tells about how their expectations about adoption changed as they went through the process and learned more about their options. We knew that China was tightening up its adoptive parent standards and probably would not accept us based on the disability issues, and so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/08/a-true-adoption-story-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>A True Adoption Story &#8211; Part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you are beginning your journey to adopt a child &#8212; especially during the seemingly endless waiting times &#8212; it can be helpful to read stories of those who have already been through the process and lived to tell the tale. My dear friends Susan and Mike were in that anxious period just a few [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/08/a-true-adoption-story-part-i/</link>
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		<title>Avoiding Adoption Scams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been researching adoption, you have probably heard a few horror stories along these lines: A birth mother contacts a prospective adoptive family and says she wants them to adopt her unborn baby…but she needs money. Thousands of dollars later, she disappears. You may have heard about the “birth mother” who was never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vaughanfirm.com/2011/07/avoiding-adoption-scams/</link>
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