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Adoptions Together is a company in the United States that creates families. They bring together children that have been put up for adoption with prospective parents.
The idea behind the agency is to put a child into the home a a pre-adopt
parent, a type of foster parent, until a permenant home is found.
This piece was originally broadcast on AWR in 2001.
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Piece Description
Adoptions Together is a company in the United States that creates families. They bring together children that have been put up for adoption with prospective parents. The idea behind the agency is to put a child into the home a a pre-adopt parent, a type of foster parent, until a permenant home is found. This piece was originally broadcast on AWR in 2001.
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Review of Pre Adopt Mom
This is a wonderfully touching piece. My wife and I are foster parents and plan to adopt soon, and we can relate well to this woman's experience. The part that hit me particularly hard was the part where if a child is placed for adoption and then the parent changes her mind, they have to give up the child. It was described as being like a death, and it is. It is something that is very difficult but is done every day in this country. Foster children are put through so much and their lives are so confusing, that I'm thankful that Pre Adopt Mom is doing what she is doing. Those little baby's should know nothing less than total love from day 1.
This piece has good natural sound and is paced well. It would have been good to hear from her bio-children (depending on their ages) and her husband, but it didn't necessarily detract from the piece and could have made it too long. |
Broadcast History
This piece was originally broadcast on AWR in 2001.
Transcript
In cue: Adoptions Together is a company in the United States that creates families. They bring together children that have been put up for adoption with prospective parents.
The idea behind the agency is to put a child into the home a a pre-adopt
parent, a type of foster parent, until a permanent home is found.
Recently, David Barasoain visited the home of Devona Church, a pre-adopt parent from Maryland.
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DB: When you go to home of the church family just outside of Washington DC, Devona Church greets you, a child in each arm.
SFX of screen door quietly opening and shutting.
DB: Devona is expecting me and so as not to disturb the children in her
arms just mouths the words for me to come into her home.
SFX of sleeping child
DC: This is Monica and she was placed up for adoption by her bi...
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Musical Works
Amy Grant "Hush Now my Baby", from the Prince of Egypt soundtrack.
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Review of Pre Adopt Mom
This is a nice look at someone who does a surprising and difficult job. I like hearing the sounds of the babies -- feels very real and present. The other reviewer suggested it might have been nice to hear from the woman's biological children, but I disagree -- I think this works very well as a simple portrait. The music at the end was jarring, though, because there are no "external" sounds throughout, but I have a suspicion that the music might have been part of whatever larger show this piece came from.