How do children in the USA adopt from 15 years ago?

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Alyosha came to the United States to a small town in Pennsylvania for a summer vacation program 15 years ago. In those years, many American adoption agencies had the opportunity to organize summer holidays for orphans from Russia. It was then that Alyosha had not only parents, but also a sister: Tom and Nancy Fox, in addition to Alyosha, also adopted a girl, Marina, writes the publication “Currently,«.

A year after adoption, children from the orphanages of the Bryansk region came to visit them for the same summer program. Marina and Alyosha showed off their new life, taking the children from the children's home as their relatives, and their parents were happy to talk about their children.

“We have a very successful adoption experience,” says Tom Fox. “We were prepared for difficulties, but we managed to avoid them. Our children are very affectionate and respond to all our efforts. They had already learned English and were very well received at school. They have a lot of friends there."

“But what was also interesting was that they mastered English, but then returned to Russian. We even invited a Russian language teacher, and they read Russian books and fairy tales together,” says Nancy Fox.

Most recently, we again came to the town of Clark Summit in the state of Pennsylvania to find out how these years were spent in the Fox family. How did former orphans from Russia grow and were brought up and what are they now? Get acquainted.

Here's how Alex Fox estimates these 15 years:

“When I first came here, it was difficult because I just didn’t understand American culture. I thought that I would now go out into the street, throw a stone at someone’s window, and everything would be fine. But my parents explained to me that I was no longer in Russia, that you can’t do that here, there are laws and rules here, and I must follow them. I think it has helped me grow as a person here in the United States and understand the culture and people. I wasn't as crazy as I was at the beginning. And as I grew, I matured and became more serious. And my parents were always there and told me what was good and what was bad.”

The family traveled a lot, showing their children a new country.

“We went to Disneyland, to the beach, sometimes we went to visit my father’s friends somewhere, but we didn’t go abroad as children,” says Alexey.

While studying at the university, Alexey went to Europe for the first time: “This was my study abroad program, it took place in Krakow in Poland. We were there for 4 weeks and got to know the culture, trying to understand how different it is from ours. Everything is completely different there, everything flows very slowly, here the pace of life is fast. No one is in a hurry there; it seemed to me that everyone was always late.”

The father of the family, Tom Fox, is a successful businessman, and, raising his children, he constantly reminded them that for life success the most important thing is to learn. Parents paid for their studies at universities, and Marina and Alyosha, having mastered their father's instructions, studied well and received diplomas.

“I want to work in business because my main specialization is business management, but besides that I studied the Russian language and Russian culture. I hope I find a good job. I'm ready to work hard. If you want to achieve something in this country, you have to work hard, devote a lot of time to your career, like everyone else,” says Alexey.

While Alexei in search of work. He carefully examines the proposals, without haste assesses posts. They all live together, friends often visit this hospitable spacious house. The city is small, almost everyone knows each other.

“Yes, I have a lot of friends - maybe because I have a positive attitude towards everything, it’s very easy for me to meet people,” says Alexey.

Relationship with sister Marina Alyosha calls typical.

“Like all brothers and sisters. We quarrel sometimes, often disagree with each other, sometimes it even gets to the point where we don’t talk to each other. But then we calm down. Normal things between brother and sister. She’s good, she’s my sister, I love her,” says Alexey.

Alyosha is confident in the future: “My biggest dream is to become a multi-billionaire. In general, I just want to be happy and confident, that’s all. But money is also good.”

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