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.

Coming soon:

A complete website transformation is on it's way to the FWCC site. The Webmasters of this website, before me, did a great job in providing the FWCC community with this excellent resource. The plan now is to transform the look and feel of this site. In doing so, it will make it easier, for me, to manage and easier, for you, to navigate through the enourmous amount of content that this site provides. I'm setting a deadline of January 1, 2010 to go "live" with the new site.

-UPDATE (02/05/2010)- I obviously did not make the deadline I set for myself. I am, however, continuing to work on the site and will be able to go live with it soon. I have the design finished and have been able to convert all of the web pages to the new format. Right now I'm working on updating all of the links in each page so that they will work correctly with the new site. Thank you and I will keep you posted on the progress. Nate

A study to identify a timeline for oral language milestones in children who have been adopted from China

My name is Hannah Bass and I am conducting a master's thesis at the University of New Hampshire. This study has been approved by the university's IRB. I am looking to identify a timeline for oral language milestones in children who have been adopted from China. I have created an online questionnaire of approximately 45 questions surrounding specified milestones. I am looking for participants for this study. If you would be interested in participating, download the informed consent pdf. If would like more information, please contact me at hat2@unh.edu and I will gladly respond. Thank you. Posted 11/2009

A New Webmaster has been selected to maintain the F.C.C. Website

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Updated Information on Melamine

Our information on the issue of melamine and children adopted from China in the years 2006-2008 has been consolidated on the Melamine Page.

Characteristics of Parenting Stress of Couples Who Have Adopted Internationally

The International Adoption Center at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children is currently conducting a research project to study parenting stress
following international adoption. Very few studies have sought to understand whether internationally adopted parents are experiencing stress both during and
after the adoption of their children. In addition, few studies have been done to compare the stress experienced by adoptive fathers and how this may compare to the
stress seen in adoptive mothers. In this anonymous on-line study husband and wife couples will separately answer basic demographic and stress questions online.
The answers will be coded and no identifying information is used when recording responses. You can find out more information about this study by
going to our web site at www.adoptionclinic.org. Posted 8/2008

Transnational Adoption and Changing Faces of American Families

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. Further details of the research can be found at: http://mason.gmu.edu/~lseligm2/index.html.
Seligmann is embarking on the 2nd stage of her project. The first part was dedicated to learning about the perspectives and experiences of parents.
The second part takes the form of an on-line survey for children, ages 9 and older, who have been adopted from China. If you think your
child would like to participate, please contact her at: lseligm2@gmu.edu. She will provide you with more details of the survey. Posted 8/2008

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 bone marrow donor. You could save a childs life. See http://www.marrow.org/ for more information.

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