FacePalm Friday

This is where your hosts will list their top picks for this week’s FacePalm moment—something they learned or read about this week that caused the FacePalm to happen (you know, the expression of embarrassment, frustration, disbelief, shock, disgust or mixed humor as depicted in our Rally FacePalm smiley).

We invite you to add your FacePalm of the week to our comments. Go ahead and add a link, tell a personal story, or share something that triggered the FacePalm on the subject of child welfare or adoption.

Your host’s selections:

Adoption Industry Propaganda: Possible Winner for Agency Suck-Up Award

International Adoption: Five reasons to hire a JCICS adoption agency

This article has been placed on multiple sites. The first one that we saw has been removed in the past few days, perhaps fearing that a worldwide barfbag shortage might ensue. But seriously, this link needs to come with a warning to have several barfbags on hand.  

It seeks to answer questions like these (feel free to insert your own answers):

“Why is being a JCICS member important?”

“What do JCICS members believe? ”

Some other gems:
“Are JCICS members policed?”

The answer: ” Yes. JCICS members can be charged with misconduct, fee disputes, and can be investigated by the Grievance Board for any violations of the JCICS ethics code, or if a grievance is brought by an individual against a JCICS member.”

“What is the Families for Orphans Act? This is one of JCICS member’s largest and most important initiatives: The JCICS Families for Orphans Act focused legislation and U.S. programs and policies on working toward finding a “permanent family for every child.”

“What do JCICS members believe international adoption agencies should be doing? JCICS member adoption agency personnel work with various national and international children advocates to ensure better inter-country relationships, increase laws and governmental opportunities with member countries, maintain outstanding professionalism, and focus on helping the child.”

“How does having a JCICS member adoption agency benefit me personally?”

Answer: “If you work with a JCICS member adoption agency, you can be assured you are following a legal course of action. You will receive training and be able to call upon the total resources available to JCICS members. There will be breaking news adoption updates, the right to use a base of over 220 child welfare organizations, and a host of professionals who will work with you if a setback or disruption in your adoption process occurs.”

Hocking Another Adoption T-Shirt for Fundraising in a Country You are Not Supposed to Fundraise For Publicly: Superman Was Adopted

Ignorance is not a good defense.