I hope the reports are wrong. But according to a story in The Moscow Times, the Russian ministry of science and education, which oversees adoptions, barred the Cradle of Hope Adoption Center from operating in Russia. The ministry said Cradle (and another agency) failed to file the required update reports on adopted children.
Wow.
This is the agency we worked with. It was one of the first agencies to work in Russia in the early 1990s and one of the first to receive permanent accreditation in 2007.
Truth is, it is up to the adoptive parents to complete regular updates during the first three years after an adoption. And as a parent who has been there, I know what a pain it is (we were a little late on one of the six reports we were required to file, and for that I will always feel bad). I hope Cradle is able to overcome this. Because ultimately, it's the parents -- and more importantly the children -- who will suffer.
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