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Parents need to help children see birthparents in a three dimensional way-something that school age children just may be beginning to do. Children identify with their birthparents . How can they not? Internalilzing a very negative image can't be good. There are ways to be realistic about any limitations with trashing them. I wonder if these children get lots of positve feedback,at some level,for expressing only negative views of the birthmom. Just my thoughts.

Hi Ellen, Would ours since when you and Melanie did our homestudy we adopted from Texas? Hi Melissa, Enjoyed those cute pics of your daughter! It would need to be redone to fit the 22 more things that the Texas licensing department has dreamed up since your last go round 5 years ago! Give me a call if you would like and I will be glad to talk with you about it!

Many times,the "old" home study ,with the exception of the biographical information,doesnt include ANY of the information required by Texas. This may explain why some social workers want to redo the original homestudy. They are essentially having to rewrite it to meet the current guidelines,particularly if it is "old" or was done by another agency. Ellen Rardin