I want to start by saying that I am not contracted with Adoption Advantage, though I have had many phone comversations with many of the staff in considering which agency to go through. I have found them to be very honest and giving of information. I have contacted 9 or 10 Adoptive familiess created with the help of Adoption Advantage. I enjoyed the honesty of these families, stories about failed adoptions, disrupted adoptions, and of finalized adoptions.
Everyone must make decisions based on any information they can find...though I believe talking to families who have worked with Adoption Advantage (not just reading posts) is more helpful.
As far as the mothers deciding to parent at anytime during the process I know that this hurts, My Husband and I have been through it 3 times...two times the children were in our homes and then had to be returned so I know the emotions. Though I believe that by any means possible a child should be with their birthfamily...only if that is not possible then an adoption should occur. I should also share that my Husband and I are foster parents so I am actually living what I believe in, assisting birthfamilies in reunification with their children.
If a child is unable to return home we are open for adoption...We have adopted one child through the foster care system and are looking into a domestic adoption.
If you are looking for a truthful opinion of Adoption Advantage then find families inpacted by them and talk to them or meet them...
don't fall for the venting people do about everything online.
So venting people's opinions don't count? They are venting because they have been hurt and lied to. I find that the "venting people" on here have a lot of valid information to share. Do you not think that we too started out with great conversations with the agency? Only then to have been treated with utter disrespect. NOW we know better! They are great sales associates. According to the state of Arkansas, they have way more dissatisfied clients then happy ones, in spite of their "400 successful adoptions". Why are you defending them if you haven't directly worked with them? We also contacted their references, ALL of them, and no one shared information except for the wonderful adoption experience they had. I guess they neglected to add the families that were less than pleased. How clever!
When Adoption Advantage gave us references I got a mix of people...not only the one's with wonderful experiences...maybe you should have asked for more.
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I want to start by saying that I am not contracted with Adoption Advantage, though I have had many phone comversations with many of the staff in considering which agency to go through. I have found them to be very honest and giving of information. I have contacted 9 or 10 Adoptive familiess created with the help of Adoption Advantage. I enjoyed the honesty of these families, stories about failed adoptions, disrupted adoptions, and of finalized adoptions.
Everyone must make decisions based on any information they can find...though I believe talking to families who have worked with Adoption Advantage (not just reading posts) is more helpful.
As far as the mothers deciding to parent at anytime during the process I know that this hurts, My Husband and I have been through it 3 times...two times the children were in our homes and then had to be returned so I know the emotions. Though I believe that by any means possible a child should be with their birthfamily...only if that is not possible then an adoption should occur. I should also share that my Husband and I are foster parents so I am actually living what I believe in, assisting birthfamilies in reunification with their children.
If a child is unable to return home we are open for adoption...We have adopted one child through the foster care system and are looking into a domestic adoption.
If you are looking for a truthful opinion of Adoption Advantage then find families inpacted by them and talk to them or meet them...
don't fall for the venting people do about everything online.
So venting people's opinions
So venting people's opinions don't count? They are venting because they have been hurt and lied to. I find that the "venting people" on here have a lot of valid information to share. Do you not think that we too started out with great conversations with the agency? Only then to have been treated with utter disrespect. NOW we know better! They are great sales associates. According to the state of Arkansas, they have way more dissatisfied clients then happy ones, in spite of their "400 successful adoptions". Why are you defending them if you haven't directly worked with them? We also contacted their references, ALL of them, and no one shared information except for the wonderful adoption experience they had. I guess they neglected to add the families that were less than pleased. How clever!
When Adoption Advantage gave
When Adoption Advantage gave us references I got a mix of people...not only the one's with wonderful experiences...maybe you should have asked for more.