Effectively Using the Internet in the Adoption
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Written by KS
Last Updated: Friday, 24 July 2009
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As the Internet has evolved so too have the possible applications for its use in the
adoption process.
To date the Internet has been used for everything from:
The value and effectiveness of these types of Internet resources differ greatly.
Possibility the most effective use of the Internet in the adoption process is the use
of researching the process and finding the professionals to work with in the
process. The second most effective use is checking professional references through
professional affiliations such as the State Bar Associations, state and local
regulatory agencies, and being alerted to current adoption scams.
Consider choosing a different place to spend adoption resource money when setting
up individual websites or paying fees to be listed on the websites of others as a
couple wanting to adopt. First re-think the effectiveness of being listed among the
masses that have selected this particular course of action on any of the websites
who survive on revenues from hopeful couples. Logic would suggest a re-
assessment of the effectiveness of the postings of numerous pictures and names on
names of desperate couples wanting to adopt. Should we suppose the masses are
hoping a Birth Mother will see their picture out of the endless pictures and stories,
known as profiles, on the Internet, and by some miracle she will instantaneously
want them to parent her child? Once, a few years ago, before the Internet had
evolved to its current state, that might have happened. Being a big fish in a small
pond had its advantages, but a small fish in a big pond is still just a number or
worse yet, “Fresh Meat”. Such postings are targeting hopeful couples as "Ripe for
the next big scam".
Remember website advertising is for businesses, professionals, auctions, and
marketing professionals who know how to target the right audience to receive their
message or services. It is also an expensive experiment for someone with little
understanding of the process and few or very limited Internet skills.
Such postings invoke a of vision a Birth Mother sitting in a back room of her home
going through internet search after internet search reading all those profiles and
becoming more confused by the hour. In all reality, it is probably more likely after
the first few profiles she finds the agency or service who's website is showing a
wonderful place to live while waiting for the arrival of the infant or a site
suggesting she will have assistance, a confidant and someone to sort out her
emotions and the legalities of the process. Somehow the obvious conclusions are
not always the conclusions of someone emotionally invested in an idea or someone
with a sense of urgency. When logically weighing the scenarios, a more effective
course of action is easier to chart.
It is all beginning to make sense. Whichever party to the adoption process is
finding the missing component to their adoption plan through Internet postings
and searching, will still need adoption professionals. Adoption professionals have
experience sorting though the maze of personalities, legalities and other obstacles
that will arise. All parties need someone with the necessary experience navigating
the adoption process and can think and make decisions with a clear mind.
Adoption hopefuls attempting to locate the missing Birth Mother/potential
adoptive parents to the adoption process using Internet searching as a way to save
time and financial resources or have direct access to the potential adoptive
parents/Birth Mother are mixing a recipe for disaster. Someone will eventually
claim to be scammed, pressured for additional financial resources, or at the very
least a simple paperwork mishap will send the whole thing back to the drawing
board requiring yet more financial resources and additional heartache. These are
stories that resound everyday in the world of adoption.
The next question to ask ones self about postings on adoption websites, internet
forums, chats and blogs, is do I want my picture and circumstances on a billboard.
In essence the Internet is a big billboard. Not only is it a billboard but a searchable
billboard for employers, employees and clients. How much information is too much
information or an intrusion in or about our personal lives? Imagine a highway
littered with billboards filled with couples profiles attempting to appeal to a
prospective Birth Mother who is driving by at 75 mph, with a thousand other
thoughts on her mind. Can we really expect her to take notice when we are but one
in thousands? What key word or image will make the decision to contact us? Is
a billboard essentially the only tool we want to represent ourselves on the first
contact opportunity?
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Last Updated: Friday, 24 July 2009
Page 1 of 2
As the Internet has evolved so too have the possible applications for its use in the
adoption process.
To date the Internet has been used for everything from:
- Posting advertisements “Wanting to Adopt” like those posted in a newspaper
- Researching the process of adoption
- Acquiring money to adopt
- Locating adoption professionals
- Checking professional references
- Ferreting out adoption scams and alerts
- The Internets version of vigilante conflict resolution is the latest in forums
and blogging.
The value and effectiveness of these types of Internet resources differ greatly.
Possibility the most effective use of the Internet in the adoption process is the use
of researching the process and finding the professionals to work with in the
process. The second most effective use is checking professional references through
professional affiliations such as the State Bar Associations, state and local
regulatory agencies, and being alerted to current adoption scams.
Consider choosing a different place to spend adoption resource money when setting
up individual websites or paying fees to be listed on the websites of others as a
couple wanting to adopt. First re-think the effectiveness of being listed among the
masses that have selected this particular course of action on any of the websites
who survive on revenues from hopeful couples. Logic would suggest a re-
assessment of the effectiveness of the postings of numerous pictures and names on
names of desperate couples wanting to adopt. Should we suppose the masses are
hoping a Birth Mother will see their picture out of the endless pictures and stories,
known as profiles, on the Internet, and by some miracle she will instantaneously
want them to parent her child? Once, a few years ago, before the Internet had
evolved to its current state, that might have happened. Being a big fish in a small
pond had its advantages, but a small fish in a big pond is still just a number or
worse yet, “Fresh Meat”. Such postings are targeting hopeful couples as "Ripe for
the next big scam".
Remember website advertising is for businesses, professionals, auctions, and
marketing professionals who know how to target the right audience to receive their
message or services. It is also an expensive experiment for someone with little
understanding of the process and few or very limited Internet skills.
Such postings invoke a of vision a Birth Mother sitting in a back room of her home
going through internet search after internet search reading all those profiles and
becoming more confused by the hour. In all reality, it is probably more likely after
the first few profiles she finds the agency or service who's website is showing a
wonderful place to live while waiting for the arrival of the infant or a site
suggesting she will have assistance, a confidant and someone to sort out her
emotions and the legalities of the process. Somehow the obvious conclusions are
not always the conclusions of someone emotionally invested in an idea or someone
with a sense of urgency. When logically weighing the scenarios, a more effective
course of action is easier to chart.
It is all beginning to make sense. Whichever party to the adoption process is
finding the missing component to their adoption plan through Internet postings
and searching, will still need adoption professionals. Adoption professionals have
experience sorting though the maze of personalities, legalities and other obstacles
that will arise. All parties need someone with the necessary experience navigating
the adoption process and can think and make decisions with a clear mind.
Adoption hopefuls attempting to locate the missing Birth Mother/potential
adoptive parents to the adoption process using Internet searching as a way to save
time and financial resources or have direct access to the potential adoptive
parents/Birth Mother are mixing a recipe for disaster. Someone will eventually
claim to be scammed, pressured for additional financial resources, or at the very
least a simple paperwork mishap will send the whole thing back to the drawing
board requiring yet more financial resources and additional heartache. These are
stories that resound everyday in the world of adoption.
The next question to ask ones self about postings on adoption websites, internet
forums, chats and blogs, is do I want my picture and circumstances on a billboard.
In essence the Internet is a big billboard. Not only is it a billboard but a searchable
billboard for employers, employees and clients. How much information is too much
information or an intrusion in or about our personal lives? Imagine a highway
littered with billboards filled with couples profiles attempting to appeal to a
prospective Birth Mother who is driving by at 75 mph, with a thousand other
thoughts on her mind. Can we really expect her to take notice when we are but one
in thousands? What key word or image will make the decision to contact us? Is
a billboard essentially the only tool we want to represent ourselves on the first
contact opportunity?
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