Adoption and Foster Care Blogs Worth Commenting on in 2008

So, which adoption and foster care blogs drew the most comments this year? It may surprise you, or it may not, because the adoption and foster care blogs that were hot here, were also hot everywhere else.

• John McCain Using Images of his Adopted Daughter in Mailings - Several people wanted to add their two cents on this blog. What do you think. Is it cheap to use pictures of your adopted children to gain votes?

• Anna Mae He Back in the News on 20/20 - As Anna Mae He prepared to move back to China with her biological family, 20/20 was there to share her story. The He family left the U.S. on February 9, 2008. Many readers have also been very passionate about Anna's story and shared many blog comments.

• Oklahoma Has Worst Record for Child Abuse within Foster or Group Homes - The New York Times published an article that Oklahoma boasts one of the worst records for children enduring abuse within foster and group homes. Many readers had passionate responses regarding this story, some standing by their state, others not so much.

• Is Privacy the Only Reason for Closed Adoption Records?An article by Patrick R. Brannigan, State's adoption law protects privacy of birth mothers, too, took a strong stance of privacy or closed adoption records, quoting research from 1977! Again, About Adoption & Foster Care readers had some comments.

• When a Child's Behavior Problem Threatens the Adoptive Family - Many understanding comments were posted in response to the troubles one adoptive family was having with an adopted child. How does one go about seeking help for a child and when does a family remove a child to keep others in the home safe? Many readers understood the family's pain.

• Need a Parenting Out? Head to Nebraska! What? - More children arrived from out-of-state as worn out parents used the state's safe haven law to its fullest. Some defended the state and its law, while others noted its faults.

• Tribe Ruling Means Adoptive Parents Lose Custody of Adopted Child - The two most talked about blogs were about the same adoption case, baby "Talon." Many were upset when little baby "Talon" was removed from his pre-adoptive placement.

• Learning More About Baby Talon - As the controversy surrounding the 6-month old continued, we learned more about the case and the Indian Child Welfare Act(ICWA). The comments never slowed regarding this one.

So, do you have anything more to say on any one of these hot blogs of 2008?

What's interesting is the fact that the top stories didn't always draw the most comments. What were the top stories of 2008?

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