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'''Parent Profile:''' Also referred to as an "[[Adoptive Parent|adoptive parent]] profile," an "adoption profile" or an "adoption [[dossier]]." In its simplest form it is a document that gives background and current information about a parent that desires to [[adopt]] a child. It is intended to contain information that will be provided to birthparents to assist them in selecting [[Adoptive Parents|adoptive parents]] to [[adopt]] their child. Although every [[Adoption Agency|adoption agency]] will have its own preferred format for parent profiles, if left to their own devices, the parent profiles that would be created by [[Adoptive Parents|adoptive parents]] would be just as original, creative and different as the individuals that prepare them. Most commonly, a parent profile will include a narrative description of the [[Adoptive Parent|adoptive parent]] or adoptive family, statistical information, such as age, educational and employment background, and talents and hobbies, plus a "Dear Birth Mother Letter," addressed to the potential birth mother and containing information about the [[Adoptive Parent|adoptive parent]]'s reasons for adoption, their parenting philosophy, details about their marriage and perhaps even a discussion of their religious and spiritual philosophy on life. The parent profile may even be presented in the form of a [[Photo Profile]] or even a notebook or scrapbook.
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'''Parent Profile:''' A [[Parent Profile|parent profile]] is the term often used by [[Adoption Agencies|adoption agencies]] and online [[matching]] sites. The [[Parent Profile|parent profile]] is one way potential [[Adoptive Parents|adoptive parents]] can tell more about themselves, allowing expectant parents or pregnant women to review information about them before making the decision to match with a couple.
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Profiles vary in length from a few pages to an entire book. They often contain pages of information about the couple, their marriage, their family, their homes, their careers, their dreams for their future child as well as their desires for openness and future contact.
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Parent profiles are generally the first things that expectant parents view when finding a family for their child.
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Most commonly, a parent profile will include a narrative description of the [[Adoptive Parent|adoptive parent]] or adoptive family, statistical information, such as age, educational and employment background, and talents and hobbies, plus a "Dear Birth Mother Letter," addressed to the potential birth mother and containing information about the [[Adoptive Parent|adoptive parent]]'s reasons for [[adoption]], their parenting philosophy, details about their marriage and perhaps even a discussion of their religious and spiritual philosophy on life. The parent profile may even be presented in the form of a [[Photo Profile]] or even a notebook or scrapbook.
  
 
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[[Category: Glossary]]

Latest revision as of 19:28, 28 May 2015

Parent Profile: A parent profile is the term often used by adoption agencies and online matching sites. The parent profile is one way potential adoptive parents can tell more about themselves, allowing expectant parents or pregnant women to review information about them before making the decision to match with a couple.

Profiles vary in length from a few pages to an entire book. They often contain pages of information about the couple, their marriage, their family, their homes, their careers, their dreams for their future child as well as their desires for openness and future contact.

Parent profiles are generally the first things that expectant parents view when finding a family for their child.

Most commonly, a parent profile will include a narrative description of the adoptive parent or adoptive family, statistical information, such as age, educational and employment background, and talents and hobbies, plus a "Dear Birth Mother Letter," addressed to the potential birth mother and containing information about the adoptive parent's reasons for adoption, their parenting philosophy, details about their marriage and perhaps even a discussion of their religious and spiritual philosophy on life. The parent profile may even be presented in the form of a Photo Profile or even a notebook or scrapbook.