http://kuow.org en http://kuow.org/post/exploring-cross-cultural-adoption <p>Russian President Vladimir Putin recently signed a law prohibiting US citizens from adopting Russian children. The US adopted 748 children from Russia in 2012, with roughly 8,600 adoptions from foreign countries in total. Every year, hundreds of families adopt children from places that are drastically different — socially, politically, and economically — from the United States. So our question is: How important is it to preserve the cultural identity of adopted children? Ross Reynolds takes your questions and discusses international adoption with Spring Hecht from the <a href="http://www.wacap.org/">World Association for Children and Parents</a>.</p><p> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:40:00 +0000 Ross Reynolds 7408 at http://kuow.org Exploring Cross-Cultural Adoption http://kuow.org/post/iron-curtain-falls-around-russian-adoptions <p>A Washington family is scheduled to return home Saturday with days to spare before a new Russian law bans American families from adopting Russian children.</p><p> Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:03:32 +0000 Carolyn Adolph 5821 at http://kuow.org Iron Curtain Falls Around Russian Adoptions