31.   Multimillion-dollar judgments, along with philosophical changes toward more openness, have led most adoption practitioners to accumulate as much information as possible for prospective parents.

32.   Most prospective parents give little thought to that big hospital bill, as nearly all employers offer maternity benefits.

33.   Murphy suggests using videotapes of available foster kids as a gentler way for prospective parents to assess their options.

34.   Ms. Roseman hounds prospective parents, too.

35.   New York City private schools often tout their Latin classes as a lure for prospective parents.

36.   Now, facilitation services, which are unlicensed, are also recruiting and screening birth parents, as well as coaching prospective parents and finding them professional help.

37.   On the one hand, prospective parents today have lots more choices when it comes to names.

38.   Other prospective parents and adoption agencies have concerns about the accuracy of the report, which has not been independently assessed.

39.   Prospective adoptive parents learn that public agency adoption is free with an average wait of nine months to a year.

40.   Prospective camp parents are waiting to see whether exceptions will be made by the Federal Aviation Administration.