Do we really want to drag this worthy original post any further in the mud gentlemen? Perhaps the name calling can move to PM?

Why am I ignorant? I was not talking about you adopting children. I was only stating what was in one of today newspaper.

Sorry Amanda.

I do believe that it is relevant to this worthy post to reiterate that people like me who are interested in adopting in Belize face such ignorance as this...



Until we educate those in Belize that not all of us who wish to adopt are looking to steal their kids and corrupt them, you are facing an up hill battle in finding good homes with good parents for these kids.

Agree that name calling is inappropriate. I was addressing the ignorance of the position which goes to the core of the problem.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to adopting children that need a home. The problem is that when a person wants to adopt cross culture, there are inevitable conflicts that make it more difficult. There have also been some really bad people in Guatemala and Samoa that have ruined it for reputable people. Belize is also starting to come to grips in a real way with sexual exploitation of children and for now that makes it more difficult.
A sincere paranoia has entered the thinking as professional people struggle to change the loop holes in the law that have allowed residents and visitors alike to escape going to jail for an extended period of time for engaging in the exploitative practices.
If you really are interested and want to adopt a child, stick with it and do not give up. It may, sorry will ,mean walking through a frustrating but child oriented set of movable regulations

sorry about the illiterate first sentence

That's OK