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		<title>A Pre-Adoptive Expectation: &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Want to Deal with Birth Parents&#8221;</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting Expectations" Pre- and Post-Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decisions and Choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Ready]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abandonment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Pertman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Nation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth children and adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dear Birthmother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[impact of orphanage life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infertility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intercountry adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reunification fantasy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[special needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special needs adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When posted, “My Spouse or Partner Wants to Adopt” noted that there are predominant pre-adoptive expectations:

“I want to help a child in need.”
“I am unable to have children.”
“I heard and ad on the radio.” – “Love will be enough.”
“I know what they have been through.”
“I thought a child would strengthen my marriage.”
“A relative’s child needs [...]]]></description>
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