My Precious Kid® - Precious Kids Newsletter
January 2005
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Subjects: Homeschool / Adoption / Parenting / Work at Home
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Today my heart is breaking for the many children left orphaned by the tsunami is Asia last week. Many of these children were vacationing with parents from other places. These children had no ID. Can you imagine how much it could help a child is this situation to have a ID bracelet? The ID bracelet could contain their parent name, hotel where staying, home phone, plus the name and number of a relative in their home town that could be contacted? Do you protect your child is this way when traveling?
I got the privilege to be on a cruise ship this past month. I was again surprised to see so many children on board and on shore for the excursions with no physical ID. What if the child got separated from the parent on board a ship of 2500 people. An ID bracelet could contain the parents name and room number plus a name and number of a relative back home. And when onshore excursions the bracelet could contain the ships name and room number and parents name too. Our ID bracelets (id inside) are even waterproof so can be used while your child is swimming.
It really is a shame we have to be so proactive in our children's safety. But this world is changing. And we have to do everything we can to protect our children. It is like life insurance you buy hoping you never need to use it. I teach my daughter that is "Mommy is lost" ( they never think they are lost) to find another mommy with kids and give her the bracelet to call mommy. Do your kids know what to do if separated from you?
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ADOPTION
How To Adopt!
By Kay Green of
www.preciouskids.org
You are considering adoption! Maybe you have no children through infertility and are ready to start your family. Or you may have children by birth and know you are not finished. Or you may have an empty nest with your grown children gone and want to give to another child. But where do you start?
Let's begin with what kind of child you want to adopt?
* A healthy Caucasian newborn?
* An infant of any race?
* An international baby or child?
* An older child in the foster care system?
* A special needs child?
Knowing what kind of child you are looking for will tell you where to begin.
Agencies Adoptions can vary from $10,000-$35,000 for a newborn or infant. Caucasian infants will require the longest wait and highest fees. The wait for girls seems to be longer than boys.
Facilitators have fees from $1000-12000 for infants and newborns. They may also have other aged children available. Usually you will have additional legal fees added to this. Facilitators/Referral Services are not legal in all states. Check out your states laws.
Attorneys can work independently to finalize an adoption that you bring to them for $500-15000 or some will advertise and find you a child too with fees up to $20,000.
Private Adoption with your own networking will save you money but cost you time and advertising money. If you find your own birth mother with child, your costs will probably be $4000-10,000 for legal fees, counseling, medical if not covered by her insurance or Medicaid and travel expenses. The cost for private adoption varies greatly for each situation. There are a number of online registries to help you network like ours
http://www.preciouskids.org/adopt/registry.html
Foster/At Risk Adoption- If your budget is such that you cannot afford to adopt privately or through an agency, the best choice would be a foster/at-risk adoption through your state. Most, if not all, of these children have some type of special needs. (i.e., drug exposure, alcohol exposure, emotional and physical abuse). You must be willing to accept the fact that the child may not ultimately be free for adoption in these instances.
The state pays for the cost of your home study. When a child becomes free for adoption, there are no fees to the adopting family. In fact many of these kids may come with a medical card and a monthly subsidy. It cannot be emphasized enough that this is an at-risk situation. There are many factors that come into play prior to a child being legally free for adoption, and each situation is unique and different.
International Adoption varies greatly for each country. Some countries will allow you to adopt infants under 1 year. Some have older children in orphanages and others are in private foster homes. International fees and travel can vary from $15,000-$40,000. Some countries will escort the child here to you.
National Adoption Information
http://www.calib.com/naic/
Open Adoption
http://www.openadoption.org/
Adoption Network
http://www.adoption.org/
Once you have decided what kind of child you want, you can start to research your options. A homestudy is required for all adoption. It can be done by an agency, an independent social worker (if your state allows that), or the state if you are going through the foster system. The state foster system home studies are usually free but are also not usually usable for private adoptions. A regular homestudy will run $1000-3000.
For more resources check out
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HOMESCHOOL
Homeschool & Child safety have always been a passion of mine. I am mom to 4 great kids. Our youngest daughter (adopted at birth) has always been a bit of a wanderer and given me a few more grey hairs. I have been even more diligent about making sure she ALWAYS is wearing a physical ID product every day.
SID - Sensory Integration Disorder
My 4 1/2 yr old daughter Haley has recently been diagnosis with SID. This diagnosis was an answer to so many questions we have had about her - why she needed to be touched to sleep - why she would not eat certain foods - why she was always moving. This diagnosis has so many facets and looks differently for all children but mostly they either crave sensory input or avoid it. Their brain system to handle sensory information works differently than for other people.
Infancy - As a result Haley has tightly bonded to me as an infant. She solved all stressful situations by nursing. She wanted to be held at all times (mostly in a baby sling ). She cried if anyone else held her. She required one of us to be holding or touching her at all times in order to sleep. And she slept very little (30 minute naps). She needed the physical touch in order to sooth down to sleep.
Toddler - As a toddler she was constantly on the move. She is afraid of nothing. She is always looking to climb higher, jump taller, run faster, sing louder. So when we are out of the house there is always the worry that she will wander away. Her ID bracelet with my cell number and phone number in it, give me some peace of mind. When she was tiny I could keep her in a cart. As she is getting bigger that is harder.
Preschool - As a preschooler now, she is also sometimes without me: at school, church, a friends. I want to be sure if she should wander away from someone else she is protected. So she wears an ID bracelet (even when swimming) and has ID stickers in her shoes. I have taught her that if mom is lost to find another mommy and give them her shoe to call me. I also make sure if anyone else is caring for her they have a signed medical release card that explains her SID diagnosis and needs plus her doctors number.
SID - Sensory Integration Disorder is many times mis-diagnosed as ADHD. And while most ADHD kids also have SID not all SID kids are ADHD. SID can also be associated with Autism and Aspersers and other disorders. However SID can be the single diagnosis for a child, like Haley. It is suggested that roughly 25% of all kids have some form of SID but most are mild enough they function within it.
Therapy for her includes meeting with an occupational therapist weekly to give her tools to regulate her system. It also includes gymnastic class and dance class. After only 3 weeks I am seeing improvement in her behaviors and movements. One example is Haley was having a hard time learning to count. She could read words at age 3 but could not count to 3. I taught her to count by jumping on a small jogging trampoline. This helped her brain to process the information more effectively since it gave her sensory input along with the
brain information.
Books - There is a great book called "Out of Sync Child" that is very worth reading if you think this might apply to your child. Also Fun Activities for The Out Of Sync Child .
There is also a yahoo group of support for mothers of SID children at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sensoryintegrationdysfunction/
I hope if you have special need kids like Haley you make sure they also wear physical ID every day to protect them and give you peace of mind.
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More ARTICLES about business, parenting, adoption, homeschool and more by Kay Green!
http://www.mypreciouskid.com/articles/ Articles written by Kay Green, Christian homeschool mom to Melissa 22, Jordan 19, Allison 17, Haley 4. Her and her husband of 25 years live in rural Oregon with their children. Kay owns My Precious Kid®, Kay Green All rights reserved. Reprinting permissible with this author's box and copyright intact.
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HOME BUSINESS
TAKING CREDIT CARDS
If you are in business you will need to be able to accept credit cards. My business greatly increased when I offered this option. You probably need Paypal PLUS a merchant account. You will increase orders when taking credit cards. The fees are a tax write off. The liability is charge backs if a customer denies charges. Below are several options for your business. The fees listed below are subject to change.
PAYPAL - this is the easiest to get.
1. You can take checks or credit cards from others
2. You need to have the business account to take credit cards
3. Fees 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction
4. Join at
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and $5 free
2Checkout - you will need this in addition to paypal
1. Take Visa and MasterCard from anyone
2. $49 set up
3. 5.5% plus 45 cents per transaction
4. No other fees, no minimums, no maximums
5. Automatically processes in shopping cart.
6. Need premium mals cart $6 a month or their free cart
7. Join at
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8. Have to process thru your web site only.
Propay - instead of 2checkout
1. Take Visa or MasterCard from anyone
2. $1000 maximum per month in processing allowed
3. Take cards in person or online
4. 3.05% plus 35 cents per transaction
5. $35 activation fee
6. $10 statement fee per month
7. Several other small fees for use
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US Bank Merchant Account - touch tone phone processing
1. FREE Business Checking Account
2. 5.5% plus 45 cents (I think)
3. $25 minimum fees each month
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5. Take cards in person or online.
Accept By Phone
1. $99 start up - no machine needed
2. Take cards anywhere anytime
3. Punch in the numbers by phone
4. 3.59% rate
5. $5 a month
6. Join at
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Concord Processing - My choice
1. $100 for refurbished terminal or more
2. Take visa and MasterCard from anyone
3. Discover and American Express available for additional fees
4. Mine is 2.22% plus 25 cents per transaction (everyone's rate is different)
5. $10 statement fee
6. Contact Jody Wallace at
jwallace@wpchq.com see
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or call(909) 781-0853
7. Take cards in person or online
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