TV DOC...LAST NIGHT
19 Dec 2006 07:46:37 -0800
HI Robin...
i too watched this with baited breath, i pwersonaly cand stand
NORCAP...i think they must be living in "laa laa " land...how can they
advocate adoption in one hand then become heros for searching and
finding the lost souls...doesnt realy make sence to me but hey que
serra i guess...
i was impre ...
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Adoption shows.
19 Dec 2006 07:38:51 -0800
An excellent portrayal of the trauma of adoption on last nights C4
production.Watch out for FOUND a BBC production fronted by Kate Adie,in
spring 2007.
The emotion exposed by adopted are raw and as Robin says one must be
very careful who is entrusted with sensitve mediation.
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TV Programme 'Searching for my son '
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:56:52 +0000
'Searching for my son ' Channel 4 9pm tonight (18 December 2006)
http://www.rdftelevision.com/categories.aspx?cid=4&pid=129
Robin
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Counsellors and Counselling
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:45:50 +0000
Do you remember when to show how easy it was for anyone to call themselves a
counsellor, BBC's Watchdog programme found the most unsuitable candidate
imaginable by setting up comedian Bernard Manning as a counsellor,
specialising in 'cultural and sexual issues'.
Always be very careful if someone offers you c ...
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Geborener Deutscher
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:42:47 +0000
A very useful group if you are searching in Germany
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geborener_Deutscher/
Fortunately when I searched for my family in Germany, International
Directory Inquiries was all needed, today all the telephone directories are
on the internet and it would have been even easier. ...
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¨¨Les X en colre !
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:40:21 +0000
Born anonymously and angry !
http://www.x-en-colere.org/page2.php
The story of the now adult, children abandoned anonymously in France.
Robin
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Mother's benefits
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:36:45 +0000
Yes the apostrophe is in the right place, my mother's benefits
Did you know the average weekly wage in 1953 was just over ¡ê9? My mother
received ¡ê3/12/6d N.A.B benefit + 8/- Family Allowance. Her rent for a small
ill furnished un-heated room in a rooming house was ¡ê2/12/6d (said to
include breakfast), l ...
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Finding family on the internet?
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:27:45 +0000
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Hi All
Has anyone here used services like friends/genes reunited, to search for
family that they have lost touch with through being in care or adopted? How
about free message board services for those who are searching?
Have you found them useful , do you think they are a safe way of finding
people who ha ...
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Natural fathers
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:24:13 +0000
Are there any natural fathers out there looking in here?
If there are, I'd be really interested to hear your perspective on the
whole search and reunion thing. Have you been found?
What would you think to the prospect of being found particularly after a
good many years have passed by?
Robin
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Late Discovery Adoptees
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:16:17 +0000
See
http://www.latediscovery.org/
We need something like it in the U.K.
There's not any group for LDAs here that I know of.
Robin
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