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China Adoption, Chinese Infant Adoption - Categories: Academic Studies & Personal Memoirs, Critical Theory, Other People s Memoirs, Scientific Studies China Adoption Blog Adoption Blogs >China Adoption Blog >Academic Studies & Personal Memoirs, Critical Theory, Other People s Memoirs, Scientific Studies Go to Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next 10/30/07 Speaking clearly, understanding each other: the eyes have it. Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 03:18 pm , 511 words, 495 views Categories: Scientific Studies What is that baby really saying A lot of frustration seems to be tied up with language - and what they call "language delays" are all too often a part of parenting kids adopted internationally. Toddlers like to be understood - and when son (son!) uses a new word and realizes that we know what he means, his face lights up. Of course, babies have their own language, and chances are, if you re an average parent adopting from China, you ll be meeting these new kids when they re really quite new indeed, so what you need right away is some kind of baby translator... more Leave a comment SPONSOR 10/11/07 Our China Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 06:50 am , 393 words, 130 views Categories: Critical Theory Our China is a country that we don t understand, like a college roommate who sleeps until sunset and slips back into the room at 10 in the morning. Here s what I mean: This is a critical review of a documentary that aired on British TV last Monday. It was called China’s Stolen Children, and it was made by some of the people who worked on The Dying Rooms. Unsurprisingly, it appears to take a rather stark view of the One-Child Policy. It s also, according to the review, a bit over-simplistic.... more 1 comment 10/10/07 Judging solves nothing Posted by : grant in China Adoption Blog at 06:47 am , 356 words, 129 views Categories: Critical Theory I ve been thinking about this opinion piece I just read in the S...