<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615532598738157222</id><updated>2011-07-28T07:12:02.471-04:00</updated><category term='GENERAL ADOPTION'/><category term='WELCOME'/><category term='ADOPTEES'/><category term='RULES'/><title type='text'>ACES - Adoption Coalition for Education and Support</title><subtitle type='html'>Forum for pre-adoptive &amp; post-adoptive families and adoptees in SC.  Please read the RULES before posting.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aceskids.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aceskids.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ACES</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17299885217527411044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615532598738157222.post-6931605124362749373</id><published>2007-05-11T14:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-11T14:51:02.709-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ADOPTEES'/><title type='text'>Adoptees</title><content type='html'>Offer and receive support on friendships, family relationships, cultural &amp;amp; search issues, etc&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1615532598738157222-6931605124362749373?l=aceskids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aceskids.blogspot.com/feeds/6931605124362749373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1615532598738157222&amp;postID=6931605124362749373' title='41 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default/6931605124362749373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default/6931605124362749373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aceskids.blogspot.com/2007/05/adoptees.html' title='Adoptees'/><author><name>ACES</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17299885217527411044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>41</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615532598738157222.post-8714647079299808907</id><published>2007-05-11T14:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T18:08:20.436-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL ADOPTION'/><title type='text'>General Adoption</title><content type='html'>Post questions or comments about parenting issues, the adoption process, infertility issues, domestic, DSS or international adoptions, transracial/transcultural issues, educational/school/learning issues, single parenting, etc.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1615532598738157222-8714647079299808907?l=aceskids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aceskids.blogspot.com/feeds/8714647079299808907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1615532598738157222&amp;postID=8714647079299808907' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default/8714647079299808907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default/8714647079299808907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aceskids.blogspot.com/2007/05/general-adoption.html' title='General Adoption'/><author><name>ACES</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17299885217527411044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615532598738157222.post-7502099588555225356</id><published>2007-05-11T14:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-14T14:13:11.724-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RULES'/><title type='text'>Message Board Rules - Please Read</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;ACES does &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; permit the following postings on our Message Board:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requests for children to adopt. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advertisements of children&lt;/strong&gt; available for adoption may not be posted without permission from ACES. If you know of a child or children who is available for adoption, please email ACES directly at &lt;a href="mailto:info@aceskids.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;info@aceskids.org&lt;/a&gt; and we will review it before posting. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Communication between adoptive parents and birth parents &lt;/strong&gt;about particular placements or possible placements. You will need to discuss this privately by phone or personal email.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Complaints&lt;/strong&gt; about birth parents, adoptive parents, adoption agencies, attorneys or DSS in general. If you are seeking information about a particular adoption professional, it IS ACCEPTABLE to post a message that you are seeking information about the experiences of others with that specific adoption professional and that you can be contacted privately by phone or personal email. It IS ACCEPTABLE&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;to post a message that you have experience with a particular adoption professional (&lt;em&gt;without giving details&lt;/em&gt;) and that you can be contacted for more information privately by phone or personal email.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discussions not relevant to adoptive families in South&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Carolina.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Messages inappropriate for family viewing&lt;/strong&gt; (ie profanity, crude language, etc). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;All postings are reviewed by moderators. If a posting violates the message board "Rules," it will be deleted.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1615532598738157222-7502099588555225356?l=aceskids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default/7502099588555225356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default/7502099588555225356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aceskids.blogspot.com/2007/05/message-board-rules-please-read.html' title='Message Board Rules - Please Read'/><author><name>ACES</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17299885217527411044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615532598738157222.post-4323976052535004512</id><published>2007-05-11T14:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-11T21:08:22.756-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WELCOME'/><title type='text'>Welcome to the ACES Message Board</title><content type='html'>Greetings!&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the ACES Message Board! This forum is open to all pre-adoptive and post adoptive families and adoptees in South Carolina. Share your experiences on the joys &amp; challenges of choosing adoption, the adoption process, parenting, growing up adopted, etc. Your story may help and encourage someone. Responses to your posts will come from message board visitors and ACES team. We look forward to hearing from you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are a birthmom, please visit BirthMom Buds website for a message board exclusively for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before you start posting, please read our RULES.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1615532598738157222-4323976052535004512?l=aceskids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default/4323976052535004512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1615532598738157222/posts/default/4323976052535004512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aceskids.blogspot.com/2007/05/welcome-to-aces-message-board.html' title='Welcome to the ACES Message Board'/><author><name>ACES</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17299885217527411044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
