Adoption from China

Video of our trip to china to adopt our daughter in 2001.

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[shelbyscout]

Thank you so much for your beautiful video. I don't know if you still read your comments or not, but I wanted to say that I stumbled upon your video and it has meant so much to me. We are LID March 20, 2007, and the wait will be at its highest. Watching your video helps keep me going. Thank you.

[kchelsel]

Thank you. Congrats to you on LID! When we adopted back in 2001 the wait went from 9 - 13 months. I thought that was a long wait. Since then we adopted our second daughter through the SN program with a small hole in her heart. The heart is healing on its own and she was 3 when we brought her home. The wait for SN...from the time we were approved to adopt her, three months! Amazingly fast! She is healthy and happy and beautiful! Email me if you want to talk SN. :) Cheri.

[flashbutterfly]

this babay girl is 6 years old now....

[kchelsel]

Yes, almost 7 years old! Growing before my eyes.

[Miyuki200812]

i think she doesn't like cameras.

[Sunlith]

Because there is an only child policy in china. some chinese parents in villages with very old ideas that only boy can inherit the Dad's blood and nature. so some people abandoned the first child if it is a girl secretly for a future possible boy.

Besides, some chinese couple that have no children are inclined to adopt boys for the same reason. That is why there is a discrepancy.

[papillionbella]

it the past little girls were "throw aways", I believe it is changing for the most part in the cities. Little girls are often left in public places & taken to orphanages. The culture in china is that boys can provide for the family & with the 2 child policy if a family already has a girl & has another they're often abandoned, also in very rural areas families may not have the money to care for the child or the money for a birth permit, also required in China.

[curlytoes79]

There is a strict one-child policy in China, and parents prefer to have boys because, in Chinese culture, the boys are usually responsible for taking care of the parents in their old age. (Once girls are married off, they generally take care of their husband's parents.) Thus, many girl children are abandoned at hospitals and orphanages so that the parents can keep trying for a son.

[nikeshoxz08]

Beautiful little girl. I don't mean too sound like an idiot, but I have seen many adoptions from China and only once did I see a boy adopted. Does anyone know why there is such a discrepancy between the number of girls vs boys adopted?

[TeensForInnocent]

that was good. TEENS!!!!!!!!!! I am starting a project on my channel to help save the world including helping stop the torture of animals if you ever wanted to take a look and tell me what you think, that would be amazing! I love comments and messages and I always reply! =)

[jennyxio4]

A great man once said in america there is no such thing as a unwanted child ,just a unfound family... makes me love America even more.. god bless you for giving just one life hope to me loved and given a second chance in life.

[woai652]

it was so moving with the music!God bless america

[ellenye]

Hi, I AM FROM SHANGGAO. YOU ARE SO KIND TO ADOPT THE ORPHAN. Welcome you and your daughter be back to shanggao! Great changes took place in my hometown

[quanyin04]

Loved your adoption video. Your gotcha day was 1 year prior to the birth of our daughter, who is from Hunan. Your daughter is just beautiful. And she certainly knows how to handle the paparazzi! LOL! God bless!