Families with Children from China (F.C.C.)

"A passage to the heart"

This net resource is provided by Families with Children from China (FCC). FCC is a nondenominational organization of families who have adopted children from China. The purpose of FCC is provide a network of support for families who've adopted in China and to provide information to prospective parents. The purpose of this site is to consolidate the information that has been put together by the families of FCC, in order to make it easier for future parents to consider adopting from China. We also try to provide pointers to other adoption and China related resources available on the Web. Please read the legalisms.

A message from the presidents of FCC New England, Greater New York,
Southern California and Northern California:

We have received a reply to our letter of May 1, 2007 from the CCAA in Beijing. You may read our preface to that letter here. You may view the original letter in Mandarin here. We had the letter translated twice because we wanted to have the clearest possible understanding of what it said. While you may note that each seems different in some ways, we have been told that both of these translations are correct in content and tone. We have provided both translation#1 and translation#2.

Parenting Stress study of International Adoptive Families

A Note of Gratitude from Emily Zeng Emily Zeng and the parenting stress study team at Yeshiva University wish to thank FCC chapters, presidents, and particularly parents who participated and supported the study. Because of your generous support and commitment, we have gathered enough responses in a relatively short period and are able to close the data collection and move on to the next phase. We look forward to presenting some meaningful results soon. Sincerely, Emily, Bronx, New York

Older Child Transracial Adoption Research

Mother of Chinese daughter is looking for volunteers to take a short written survey for my Masters Thesis on transracial adoption. Caucasian parents of Chinese daughters age 10 and over please contact Susan at sbwinston@aol.com

University of Minnesota International Adoption Clinic: Study of Expectations and Experiences for Parents of Children Adopted from International Institutional Care

Parents interested in participating in this study are invited to contact the principal investigator, Mary Chesney, RN, CPNP, MS at chesn009@umn.edu This study is looking for parents of newly adopted children who: " Are between 10 and 48 months of age " Lived in an orphanage for at least 8 months " Have been with their family between 2 and 12 months. This study is targeting first-time adoptive parents (parents may have had biological children prior to the study). The purpose of this study is to test a newly designed questionnaire that measures parents' pre-adoption expectations and experiences once their child has become part of their family. The study will also examine relationships between pre-adoption preparation and expectations and experiences, and parenting stress as it relates to expectations and experiences. An expected outcome of this study is to establish the new questionnaire's ability to measure expectations and experiences so that it can be used in future intervention studies aimed at helping parents be fully prepared to parent children adopted from institutional care. If interested, please contact chesn009@umn.edu or call 612-624-8965.

University of Connecticut Study of Behavior, Attachment and Well Being

All parents of children adopted from China are invited to participate in a study about their childs behavior, attachment and well being. The purpose of the study is to gather information that can be used to help both families and their children. The findings will also be used to help new families through the adoption and parenting process. Please click on this link: http://surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=457053578992 or you may email cmwilson@uchc.edu to request a paper copy. The questionnaire takes between 20 and 40 minutes to complete. For further information please contact Mary Beth Bruder, Ph.D. (adoptive single mom of 3--soon to be 4 daughters from China) at Bruder@NSO1.uchc.edu

Bone Marrow Donors Needed for Children from China:

At this time we do not know of any specific children waiting for a marrow transplant. However, it is inevitable that
this need will arise in the future. If you are Chinese and over 18 years old, please consider signing up to be
a marrow donor. You could save a childs life. See http://www.marrow.org/ for more information.

Harvard University Study of Language Development in Internationally Adopted Children

This study is looking for families who have recently adopted or will soon be adopting 2.5-6 year old children. Check the study website: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~lds/adoption/ for full details and enrollment information.

Transracial Adoption Study

The Transracial Adoption Study attempts to examine the types of cultural socialization strategies used by parents and to evaluate these as factors in the psychological adjustment of the child. We are currently looking for families interested in participating in this study. To qualify, your child must be: * Adopted from China, Guatemala, or Russia * Between the ages of 6 and 12 years old * Adopted before 2 years old Parents participating in this study will complete a set of questionnaires regarding parenting practices and the adjustment of the adoptee as well as demographic information. This set of surveys will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete. In addition, a brief teacher questionnaire will be included for your child’s teacher to complete. At the conclusion of the study, all participating parents will receive a summary of the results. All information collected during the investigation will be kept strictly confidential and used only for the purposes of this study.

STUDY of people who are ASIAN-AMERICAN and JEWISH (religious or not)

This study is specifically interested in Jewish parents who have adopted children from China.

Study of Adoption by Asian/Asian American Families

Asian parents who have adopted Asian children are invited to participate in this exciting project. Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire that has been developed for the purposes of this study. The instrument has been translated into Korean and Chinese for non-English speaking respondents. However, the study is NOT limited to just Korean and/or Chinese American parents!!! Participant criteria include: a) prospective or adoptive parents of Asian or Asian American children and b) at least one parent is Asian or Asian American. Participants will also be asked to indicate if they would be willing to participate in a telephone or in-person interview so that we may capture the voices of adoptive parents. As an Asian parent who has adopted a Korean child, I believe this research to be invaluable in informing future adoption practice and policy. Thank in advance for your consideration. I may be reached at kathleen.bergquist@unlv.edu or (702) 895-2449. Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Social Work University of Nevada, Las Vegas Box 455032 4505 Maryland Parkway Rm CDC 1008 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032 (702) 895-2449

CHANGING FACES OF FAMILIES IN THE U.S.

Is transnational adoption changing the way we think about families and family formation in the United States? Anthropologist Linda J. Seligmann at George Mason University is conducting a long-term project, whose participants include families whose children are adopted from China. If you would like to participate, further details can be found at: http://mason.gmu.edu/~lseligm2

English/ chinese (mandarin) stuttering study Recruitment announcement

The University of Maryland is currently seeking participants for a study on bilingual stuttering. Specifically, we are interested in hearing from speech-language pathologists and/or parents who have children who 1) stutter, 2) are bilingual speakers of English and Mandarin, and 3) do not have additional communication disorders. We will ask you to gather a short audio and/or videotape of your child in spontaneous conversation and reviewing a short wordless book after obtaining consent for participation. Participants do not need to visit the university, and can participate at any place. If parents of such children can be directed to us at nratner@hesp.umd.edu or ptsai@hesp.umd.edu we will forward appropriate consent forms and materials, available in both English and Mandarin, to complete this study. Children will also be provided with a small token gift for participation. Research findings will be shared with the parents, and we would be glad to discuss any concerns or questions you may have about stuttering.

If You Adopted As A Single Parent During Or Prior To 1996, We Are Asking For Your Participation

We are two single adoptive parents and have been social workers in the field of adoption for over 20 years. We began The Adoption Network, a counseling and support agency in the area of single parent adoption in 1983. Lee Varon has written “Adopting On Your Own: The Complete Guide to Adopting as a Single Parent” We are hoping to gather information that would be helpful in the decision making process. In addition, we feel this study will provide useful information to adoption agencies, policy makers, related social service agencies, and those of us who have been raising adopted children as single parents. We cannot gather this information without your help. No matter what your experience we hope you will consider taking the time to fill out our questionnaire. We are also interviewing individuals via phone or in person. Any personal information you provide us will remain strictly confidential. We recognize this survey is a commitment of your time that you already have too little of and for that we deeply THANK YOU! If you are interested in participating in this study please contact Sherry Fine at (617) 536-0586 or sfine2@aol.com or write to Sherry Fine at 295 Beacon St. Boston, Mass. 02116. Please note that this study is open only to people who adopted during or prior to 1996.

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